From First Things, Richard John Neuhaus on causes beyond Left or Right; a review of The Nature of Biblical Criticism by John Barton; a review of The Return of Ulysses: A Cultural History of Homer’s Odyssey by Edith Hall; a review of History Lesson: A Race Odyssey by Mary Lefkowitz; a review of Save the World on Your Own Time by Stanley Fish; and iPhones have consequences: More on Mark Bauerlein’s The Dumbest Generation. Of music, murder and shopping: It is time to turn to Darwin to explain human behaviour. From FT, a look at why 1958 changed our lives. Big Middle-Class Sister: We shouldn’t apologize for teaching poor kids how to move up in America. Here are surprising insights from the social sciences (and more). A review of The Elfish Gene: Dungeons, Dragons and Growing Up Strange by Mark Barrowcliffe (and more). An article on 7 (stupid) people who sued the scientific method. The future is another country: A world of colleges without borders should benefit everyone, including students who stay at home. From Forward, no longer in power, free to talk, neocons seek to rewrite history. An interview with Guantanamo whistleblower Stephen Abraham (and part 2). A former MI6 agent, Alastair Crooke worked in varied trouble spots worldwide; now he has gone freelance as a go-between for the west and radical Islam’s political leaders.
