From Words Without Borders, a special issue on the ultimate act of translation: immigration. From Cabinet, guilt must be learned; shame, it appears, comes naturally. Hardwired with a sense of irony: Language has many layers of meaning — when and how do we grasp them? An interview with Kelly Bulkeley on exploring the deep ties between our dream lives and the great religions of the world. Will the market kill your marriage? Recession and divorce, it is said, go together like carriage and horse. More and more and more on The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World by Niall Ferguson (and an excerpt at Vanity Fair). From Forbes, a special section on corporate social responsibility. B Lab wants to separate companies that merely claim they are responsible from those that actually do

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