From ARPA, a look at why political parties need to differ — within reasonable limits. Is Wall Street evil? Americans have always hated the moneymakers, rather than hate themselves. A review of Equal: Women Reshape American Law by Fred Strebeigh. A look at how beauty affects men's and women's brains differently. A review of The Crowded Universe: The Search for Living Planets by Alan Boss. The Grand Gesture: Texans with true style have an unerring authenticity in the way they carry and adorn themselves, and they tend to believe that it’s very important that others take notice. From Sexual Intelligence, here's the Annual Awards Issue. An interview with M. Edward Whelan III, president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, on original meaning and judicial restraint. What Galileo and Darwin should really be remembered for: making us feel smaller. Why can't mothers be intellectuals? More on Reborn: Journals and Notebooks, 1947–1963 by Susan Sontag (and more from Bookforum). An excerpt from Craig M. Mullaney’s The Unforgiving Minute: A Soldier’s Education. A review of Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World by Liaquat Ahamed. A review of Sum: Forty Tales From the Afterlives by David Eagleman (and an excerpt). A review of Dean Keith Simonton's Genius 101: Creators, Leaders, and Prodigies.