Jonathan Crowe (Queensland): Levinasian Ethics and Animal Rights. Emmanuel Yujuico (IDEAS) and Betsy Gelb (Houston): Getting Digital Statecraft Right: How to Use Technology to Promote Development. An interview with Sam Hoffman, author of Old Jews Telling Jokes: 5,000 Years of Funny Bits and Not-So-Kosher Laughs. Dagger-clawed little people: Did being an island help Sri Lanka evolve a particular type of hominid? Primitive Instincts: Where modern man can learn to live like his ancestors. The Unfriendly Skies: Why do we have to return our seats to their upright and locked position? Fans of geo-trivia may be interested in locating the world’s shortest land border between sovereign states. The enigma of George Price: He derived an equation for the evolution of altruism, yet he died believing himself a failed good Samaritan. Warning: This fad may kill you: Korean trends tagged with deadly warnings in Thailand. Everything Alright? Adam M. Bright on improv as a way of life. With the Left in disarray, Italian politics has, over the last months, been dominated by the increasingly bitter rivalry between Fini and Berlusconi — in other words, between the democratic Right and the destructive Right. Revolutionaries inside the Capitol: A review essay on early American history. Transhumanism is the “Most Dangerous Idea in the World” and that danger, that essential threat to what we are, is why we must promote human enhancement.
From Bookforum's Paper Trail blog, an interview with Sara Marcus, author of Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution: "You can know some very important things about a historical and political era by looking at the lives of teenage girls."
