A new issue of Outskirts: Feminisms Along the Edge is out. Brian L. Frye (Kentucky): Andy Warhol's Pantry. Welcome to the new terror heartland: America’s ally in Yemen is gone, its special forces have been evacuated, a country touted by the president as a counterterror “model” is poised to be an ISIS and al Qaeda playland. Adam Baron on what we get wrong about Yemen: Foreign intervention in a local fight would be the worst course anyone could take. U.S. role in Middle East revamped as chaos engulfs Yemen. Ezra Klein on the dilemma in Republican governance: Why fix a program you want to end? Ellen Pao disrupts how Silicon Valley does business: While the verdict on Friday was a defeat for Ms. Pao, the trial has blown open a conversation about the status of women in an industry that has always been buttoned up about its shortcomings. Gideon Lichfield on the science of near-death experiences: Empirically investigating brushes with the afterlife. Corey Robin on Joe Biden’s Israel stunner: American Jews should let Israel protect them. Are family responsibilities keeping women out of politics? John Sides investigates. Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig on how pick-up artists and pro-family conservatives agree: Women only marry for money. Max Blumenthal exposes anti-Islam author Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s latest deception. Jason Koebler on why it’s time for robot pilots. Antarctica recorded its hottest temperature ever this week, 63.3°F.
