From The New York Review of Magazines, a review of Meatpaper, and a review of Modern Dog. From Philosophy Now, Jeremy Barris enlists the help of Plato, Ortega and pragmatist philosophy to argue that love at its deepest is our connection with ultimate truth, and that this connection is found in our love for our dogs; a review of Capers in the Churchyard: Animal Rights Advocacy in the Age of Terror by Lee Hall; turning the tables: Joel Marks writes that we matter because we are animals; from loving to wolfing: Peter Cave toys with love, sex and other objects. Should apes be treated like people, and which apes, and which people? A review of Intimacy and Responsibility: The Criminalisation of HIV Transmission by Matthew Weait. From the winter issue of The Common Review, Michael Berube on Richard Rorty and the politics of modesty. From TAP, liberal institutions that once imitated conservative ones are now far surpassing their role models; and what does Stuff White People Like tell us about race in America? From Intelligent Life, an American collector's attempt at philanthropy has reaped unexpected rewards. Where does the "terrorist fist jab" come from? Mysterious graffiti artist Banksy is a 34-year-old former public school pupil called Robin Gunningham. Friction over fan fiction: Is this burgeoning art form legal?
