From Reason, Dred Scott's Revenge: By applying positivism instead of natural law, 19th century courts burdened American racial history to this day; and the empty symbolism of hate crimes legislation: Why the Matthew Shepard Act won't help prevent future hate crimes. A review of Ethical Marxism: The Categorical Imperative of Liberation by Bill Martin. Baseball's Slang: A review of The Dickson Baseball Dictionary by Paul Dickson. Irene Gammel reviews The Passive Vampire by Gherasim Luca. Nothing to sneeze at: Why the two biggest U.S. tobacco companies are fighting each other. A review of Global Catholicism by Ian Linden (and more). Money, men and moral limits: Why do women seem to have an uncontrollable urge to splurge on narcissistic indulgences? A review of Meltdown: A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and Government Bailouts Will Make Things Worse by Thomas E. Woods Jr. (and more) The New Nuke Porn: Our nuclear fantasies have gotten more hard-core. National-security concerns aren't the only reason — or even the best reason — to worry about the climate crisis, but they are real. A look at how libraries are becoming career centers. In switch, magazines think about raising prices, while "hyperlocal" Web sites deliver news without newspapers.
