From The Monkey Cage, are Republicans more likely to have affairs and get divorces?; and a look at the wit and humor of political science: "The Hobbesian World of Democrats". This week in conservative taxonomy: "premods", "pomocons" and "prefab cons". From The Atlantic, an interview with pomocon James Poulos (and part 2 and part 3 and part 4 and part 5). More with Poulos and the predicament of the individual. When will computers be smarter than us? Nick Bostrom investigates. Paint that pig: If you want to know what's wrong with the current state of America's political discourse, check out the Nico Pitney-Dana Milbank Smackdown. “You goin’ get him?”: The sociocultural significance of Donald Duck vs. Daffy Duck. David Roberts on why we overestimate the costs of climate change legislation. Capitalism in Wonderland: Why mainstream economists can't deal with the ecological crisis. The United States is experiencing what Japan did in the 1990s, but seven times faster. The appearance of a new economics journal seldom makes waves — the new Annual Review of Economics, edited by Kenneth Arrow, probably will. A review of The Evolution of God by Robert Wright (and more and more and more and more and more). What would your nugget of philosophy be? Four panellists give their views.
