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Vanessa Quince (Binghamton): All Work and No Pay: The Effect of Tourism on Workers' Rights. From Law, Social Justice and Global Development, a special issue on Child Rights, Law and Emerging Challenges. The Other Koch Brother: In the shadow of his brothers' Tea Party fame, Bill Koch seems almost like a normal billionaire. The Meaning of Utopia: The modern world began — and ended — with visions of an ideal state. How Guitar Hero's godfather plans to democratize one of the oldest musical art forms. Modernism Revisited: Thomas de Zengotita on artistic works, academic disciplines, divided minds. A review of Litter: How Other People's Rubbish Shapes Our Lives by Theodore Dalrymple. My So-Called Adulthood: How a generation that hated baby-boomer wistfulness can learn to do nostalgia right. Gavin McInnes on 10 unchecked theories to cherish. Does Spanish matter, or is the English language the world's only virtual superpower? A look at a useful model for evaluating global influence. An interview with Niall Ferguson: "The real point of me isn’t that I’m good looking. It’s that I’m clever". Fear, Inc.: A special report on The Roots of the Islamophobia Network in America. Sunshine of Your Love: Why does semen glow in the dark? Andrew Trask on the non-fiction class action. Eight unusual all-American museums: From voodoo to barbed wire, there’s an offbeat museum for every taste. Without Jobs as CEO, who speaks for the arts at Apple? A look at 6 lies about the human body you learned in kindergarten. As America gawks at the grotesque British phone-hacking scandal, it’s worth exploring just how pervasive and insidious the Murdochization of our own culture has been. Lubricious puritanism: Pascal Bruckner on the alliance of US feminists and the religious Right in the DSK affair.