From Dissent, Michael Walzer on the Gaza war and proportionality. Doing the math to find the good jobs: Mathematicians land top spot in new ranking of best and worst occupations. Obama's appointees will soon be at hand; the following is a guide to surviving the confirmation process. From FP, a roundtable on Samuel Huntington’s legacy. In Granada, home of the Alhambra and former center of Moorish Spain, a multicultural revival is taking shape that sees Christians and Muslims coexisting in mutual respect. A review of Nylon and Bombs: DuPont and the March of Modern America by Pap Ndiaye; and a review of books on Garibaldi. Jefferson vs. Plato: If one is searching for the causes of today's moral crisis, it is the premises of giants one should examine, not those of midgets. From Cato Unbound, William

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