A new issue of The Jury Expert is out. From the New York Review of Magazines, an interview with John Ficarra, editor of Mad magazine; and a look at how college humor magazines got the last laugh. Obama’s Right Wing: Meet the Burkeans who voted for the president (and might do it again). From n+1, new technology may provide increased convenience or security at the expense of privacy, and many people may find the tradeoff worthwhile; the question is whether the public cares enough about privacy to help restore what is becoming an old-fashioned ideal. From The Awl, Lizzie Skurnick on why we hate-search. It’s hip, it’s cool, it’s libertarianism: Calling yourself a libertarian today is a lot like wearing a mullet back in the nineteen eighties. A look at how science predicts which Olympic events will be the most exciting to watch.
