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David Degrazia (George Washington): Handguns, Moral Rights, and Physical Security. Nancy Lindisfarne (SOAS) and Jonathan Neale (Bath Spa): Sexual Violence and Class Inequality. Avner Cohen and William Burr on how Israel hid its secret nuclear weapons program. Want to get your daughters into blocks and Legos? Paint them pink. Elisabeth Camp: “My two-year-old daughter already knows that pink is for girls, and she loves it — why does that make me see red?” The first chapter from Foragers, Farmers, and Fossil Fuels: How Human Values Evolve by Ian Morris. Forced feeding: Scott Korb on the torture of keeping detainees alive. Is this the next Bundy Ranch? Militia men and Oath Keepers swarm to Oregon. Jonathan Chait on how “negative partisanship” has transformed American politics. Michael Taube reviews The Positive Case for Negative Campaigning by Kyle Mattes and David P. Redlawsk. The first chapter from In-Your-Face Politics: The Consequences of Uncivil Media by Diana C. Mutz. Stop shaming people on the Internet for grammar mistakes — its not there fault. Think outside the boss: Trebor Scholz on cooperate alternatives to the sharing economy. Audit this: Gabrielle Bluestone on the most disturbing Scientology stories of the last decade. Jon Stewart: Why I quit “The Daily Show”. Television's longest-running variety show, the Spanish language “Sabado Gigante”, ends 53-year run.