Tayebi Tahmineh and Parvaresh Vahid (Isfahan): I Will Wow You! Pragmatic Interjections Revisited. From The New York Times Magazine, is sugar toxic? That it makes us fat is something we take for granted — that it might also be making us sick is harder to accept; is sitting a lethal activity? James Vlahos wants to know; and what’s the single best exercise? Gretchen Reynolds investigates. Royal wedding: Does Kate Middleton really want to marry into a family like this? By redefining anti-immigration and anti-Muslim impulses as a defense of Western values such as women’s rights and the rule of law, muscular liberalism gives a veneer of responsibility to far baser emotions — it is a Trojan Horse for a subtle new authoritarianism that true liberals must resist. The really smart phone: Researchers are harvesting a wealth of intimate detail from our cellphone data, uncovering the hidden patterns of our social lives, travels, risk of disease — even our political views. Is church a waste of space? From New York, a special issue on post-crash Wall Street. Birtherism is dead, long live Birtherism: David Weigel on the history of a national embarrassment, and why it's not over yet. David Roberts on policy in an age of post-truth politics. Mat Honan on how to make your lie go mainstream in 26 easy steps — a handy flowchart. It gets harder and harder to be a Republican: With an ever expanding list of Republican dogmas to adhere to, it's not just tougher to stay in the party — it's tough to win a general election. The nonsense quandary: How should news organizations deal with phenomena like the “birther” brouhaha? John Cassidy goes inside George Soros’s “Monstrous Monkey House”. What does your phone know about you? More than you think. The nostalgia trap: In Brooklyn and London, the future is losing to the past.
