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Discussing ideas

Donald P. Harris (Temple): The New Prohibition: A Look at the Copyright Wars Through the Lens of Alcohol Prohibition. From OUPblog, do we really need magnets? The Carcass and the Ghost: Sarah Wanenchak on the atemporality of “ruin porn”. Brandon Bartels on evaluating forecasts of the Supreme Court’s health care ruling. We think, therefore we are: Public forums for discussing ideas are flourishing everywhere; Jules Evans looks into whether their popularity will have any lasting impact. What does it mean to be cool? It may not be what you think. From Radical Philosophy, Nina Power and Erica Lagalisse on the right to protest; and moving borders: Peter Nyers on the politics of dirt. Confessions of a Recovering Objectivist: For a time, Victoria Bekiempis was a devotee of Ayn Rand's ideas; now she sees what a pernicious philosophy rational egoism is — and how dumb!