Herbert J. Hovenkamp (Iowa): Intellectual Property and Competition. Amelia Precup (Babes-Bolyai): “If Only God Would Give Me Some Clear Sign!”: God, Religion, and Morality in Woody Allen’s Short Fiction. From Religion and Gender, a special issue on Pussy Riot. Blackwater founder Erik Prince pitched private fighting force to Nigeria for war against Boko Haram. Benjamin Wallace-Wells on how America is once again becoming the world’s liberal beacon. Can violence be moral? Intuitively, we might think that any sort of violent act is immoral, but, as David Nussbaum and Seamus A Power argue, morality doesn’t always preclude violence. Against self-criticism: Lacan said that there was surely something ironic about Christ’s injunction to love thy neighbour as thyself — because actually, of course, people hate themselves. Jenee Desmond-Harris on how Ben Carson went from black hero to Tea Party darling without changing one bit. Could running for president destroy Ben Carson’s legacy? Joel Anderson investigates. Nature plus nurture: Girls do better than boys in school and university, but both can still improve — sometimes for surprising reasons (and more). Fear of a Muslim Planet: Grayson Clary on how the micro-genre of “Islamophobic futurism” in fiction unites Western liberals and conservatives. Bill Worthen on how America armed itself long before guns became a political issue: There was a time when weapons were a part of daily attire.
