A new issue of 4strugglemag is out. Seeing the Thunder: Kathleen L. Housley on insight and intuition in science, mathematics and religion. The Last of the Golden Swindlers: In his five-decade criminal career, Thomas F. Quinn has stolen an estimated $500 million; he's served minimal jail time — now the government is getting tougher on financial fraudsters, and his luck may be about to change. Stephen Law makes the case for a more liberal education. From Axess, a special issue on "normality slandered", including an introduction; Per Svensson on the discreet charm of the middle class: Nothing is as popular with the middle class as being horrified by the narrow-mindedness of the middle class; for anyone who is mad, outcast or ill, the drive for normality can be the way to a decent existence; and voices are being raised suggesting that the constitution should be based on a perspective that is critical of heteronormativity, but radical feminists who want to challenge this norm are themselves often captives of conservative notions of gender and sexuality. From The Daily Beast, Tunku Varadarajan counts down the most influential Right-wing media figures in the country and the Left's top 25 journalists. What makes for a successful mash-up neologism? Bryan Garner investigates. An excerpt from A Book of Ages: An Eccentric Miscellany of Great and Offbeat Moments in the Lives of the Famous and Infamous, Ages 1 to 100 by Eric Hanson. Roll over, Charles Darwin: A. A. Gill visits Kentucky’s Creation Museum, which has been battling science and reason since 2007 (and more at Vice and more at Intelligent Life). American Gothic: Michael Bergmann on the Creation Museum, as viewed by a lover of Gothic cathedrals. An interview with Richard Wiseman, author of 59 Seconds: Think a Little, Change a Lot.
