A new issue of Canada’s C2C Journal is out. Michael Marder and Gary Francione debate the question of plant ethics. From io9, here is a brief history of four letter words. Should amputation be offered as a treatment to people suffering from Body Integrity Identity Disorder? Rebels in Mali have taken the historic city of Timbuktu, a place that has become shorthand in English for anywhere far away — how did this metaphor come about? From Talk to Action, an article on books that should never have been written. Of all the kinds of denial in this world, one of the most dangerous and expensive is the denial of a nation. From Asia Times, Spengler on how zombies remind us that death is social; and Francesco Sisci on zombies in the communism of the mall. Eric Kaufmann on how the future will be more religious and conservative than you think.
