The inaugural issue of the Ramon Llull Journal of Applied Ethics is out. Edward Peter Stringham (Fayetteville State) and Todd J. Zywicki (George Mason): Hayekian Anarchism. It would be easy to look at the images coming out of Cairo over the last few weeks and think of Egypt as a highly urbanized society — it would also be wrong. From PopMatters, Andrew Howe on a brief functional and aesthetic history of the urinal. A citizen's guide to a government shutdown: A budget showdown could grind the federal government to a halt next week — how exactly would that play out? In a high-tech kitchen laboratory in Seattle, Nathan Myhrvold is putting the finishing touches on Modernist Cuisine, his obsessive 2,438-page cookbook documenting the future of food. The Fact Checker senses a campaign theme emerging: Obama the apologist. The diminishing dominance of the American MBA: While the U.S. has long dominated the world of business education, European and Asian schools are ratcheting up the competition. An interview with Jamie Galbraith: "The government is not, by any means, a pure representative of the working population". For some, a list of 1001 books you "must" read is no mere suggestion; Jeremy Dauber explains his addiction to lists. Why budget cuts don’t bring prosperity: Germany’s austerity has failed, yet many American lawmakers insist that cuts are the path to prosperity. Peter Beinart on the Right's hypocrisy on freedom in the Middle East: The supposedly idealistic American right turns out to be pretty pessimistic. In Praise of Literary Reports: Have we already lost interest in the Gulf oil spill, or is it possible that the report itself is to blame for our fading interest? Arab Regimes and the Dictator Protection Plan: How Mideast despots have stayed in power so long.
