From Economic Sociology, a special issue on the commodification of the body, including essays on a market for human cadavers and markets in human organs. More on An Intellectual History of Cannibalism by Catalin Avramescu. Let them eat dog: A modest proposal for tossing Fido in the oven. It’s immediately apparent just flipping through The Onion's Our Front Pages that the art of the fake headline has evolved. From The New Yorker, what really happened during the Israeli attacks on Gaza? Lawrence Wright investigates; and why is American history so murderous? A review of American Homicide by Randolph Roth and A History of Murder: Personal Violence in Europe from the Middle Ages to the Present by Pieter Spierenburg. Every fall, the North American landscape transforms from a rolling verdure to a collage of vibrant yellows, oranges and reds; the autumn foliage in Europe, however, is rather bland, composed of mostly yellow leaves — why? China’s too lenient — we need a no-child policy: With the swarm of human beings expected to hit nine billion by 2050, it’s time we discussed tough remedies. More and more and more and more and more and more and more on Ayn Rand, capitalism's martyred hero. A review of Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks: An Epic Quest for Reality Among Role Players, Online Gamers, and Other Dwellers of Imaginary Realms by Ethan Gilsdorf (and more and more and an interview). An obituary of Claude Levi-Strauss, the French anthropologist who towered over the French intellectual scene in the 1960s and ’70s (and more and more and more).