From Postcolonial Text, a special issue on Glocal Imaginaries. Antony Aumann (Northern Michigan): On the Cognitive Value of Literature: The Case of Nietzsche’s Genealogy. Alan Abramowitz (Emory): Partisan Polarization and the Rise of the Tea Party Movement. William Saletan on men prefer cuddling, promiscuity makes you unhappy, and other fishy scientific claims. Humanity has got better at all sorts of things it has put its minds to, but there is one endeavour that we don’t seem to be get much better at, despite a top notch obsession: romance. Where love goes to die: The Museum of Broken Relationships is just one place people send unwanted reminders of exes and heartbreak. The Lioness of Iran: Shiva Rahbaran interviews Simin Behbahani, Iran’s most prominent poet and a two-time Nobel nominee. The origins of Occupy Wall Street explained: An interview with Kalle Lasn, the editor of Adbusters, about the practical and philosophical roots of the movement. As the right-wing backlash against Occupy Wall St. begins, here are the top 5 reasons why the protests embody values of the real Boston Tea Party. Anger and anarchy on Wall Street: Descriptions of the September 16, 1920 Wall Street bombing seem eerily familiar (and more). Mark Engler on five things that #OccupyWallStreet has done right. Al Jazeera on understanding Wall Street's "occupation". Three babies, four dogs, two breasts, and no Radiohead: A dispatch from Occupy Wall Street. Want change you can believe in? That's what youth rebellion is all about. The Island of Tuvalu is going to run out of water this week — and you thought your day sucked. An interview with Jimmy Carter: "We never dropped a bomb. We never fired a bullet. We never went to war". A look at 6 famous people whose identities we still don't know.
