Leon Barkho (Jonkoping): The Discursive and Social Power of News Discourse: The case of Aljazeera in comparison and parallel with the BBC and CNN. As the stoic voice of fake authority, "PC" John Hodgman discusses trivia and how humans distinguish fact from falsehood (and more). From Culture11, in praise of squares: Why scrupulous people earn more, live longer, and win at life; and is American religiosity responsible for making atheists unhappy? Jezebels with a cause: Whoever was in charge of deciding what to call each generation of feminism knew what she was doing when she settled on the metaphor of waves; well, the next wave has arrived. Just don't call it proselytizing: Nonbelievers think the time is right to better organize their nonreligion and swell the membership. Is the US too big to fail? Why are investors rushing to purchase US government securities when the US is the epicentre of the financial crisis? Bullion with a mission: Bernard von NotHaus’s crusade to establish an alternative to the dollar and challenge the supremacy of the Federal Reserve. Global insights: The world's arms trade is surging, but for how long? It's time to give voters the liberalism they want: Don't believe pundits who say there's a centrist mandate. Justin Raimondo on the resurrection of the socialist idea. Former news radio staffer Dan Shelly spills the beans on how shock jocks inspire hatred and anger.
