Ben Woodfinden (Carleton): The New Geopolitics of Anti-Liberalism: Carl Schmitt, Aleksandr Dugin, Vladimir Putin and the Rise of Eurasianism. Jeffrey S. Peake (Clemson): President Barack Obama, Partisanship, and the Politics of International Agreements. Rainer Bohme (Innsbruck), Nicolas Christin (Carnegie Mellon), Benjamin Edelman (Harvard), and Tyler Moore (SMU): Bitcoin: Economics, Technology, and Governance. Brianna Snyder on why you should Google everyone, even your therapist. It’s difficult to see how sacrificing Tsarnaev will force him to atone, or bring the victims peace of mind — in the American tribe, murder vs. terrorism is as simple as us vs. them. Jesse Singal interviews Donald Green, the co-author of the faked gay-marriage study. A new study shows riots make America conservative. Kansas shows us what could happen if Republicans win in 2016. In defense of the monkey mind: Scott McLemee reviews The Wandering Mind: What the Brain Does When You’re Not Looking by Michael Corballis. Tea Party congressman went to Africa and returned with this stunning defense of foreign aid. Women earn less than men, but lesbians earn more than straight women — why? Oxford's Influential Inklings: Philip Zaleski and Carol Zaleski on how Tolkien, Lewis, and company brought modern resonance to ancient themes. Einstein as a Jew and a philosopher: Freeman Dyson reviews Einstein: His Space and Times by Steven Gimbel.
