From The New Yorker, Seymour M. Hersh on Israel’s unexplained bombing of Syria. When war seems unwinnable: Stanley Karnow on why Tet matters. From Der Spiegel, an article on the Fuhrer myth: How Hitler won over the German people; and from "Anschluss" to "Zyklon B", a new dictionary highlights Nazi words to avoid. From Habitus, here's a recently-translated interview with Jorge Luis Borges (1984). From Skeptic, an article on the myth of the Mozart effect. Maya Angelou on why her great grandmother's name matters: Turns out she wasn't just steel and resolve. From Wired, an article on the life cycle of a blog post, from servers to spiders to suits — to you. More and more on The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, From Edison to Google by Nicholas Carr. A review of The Female Thing: Dirt, Envy, Sex, Vulnerability by Laura Kipnis. Answers Research Journal is a new peer-reviewed creation science journal. From The New Yorker, John Updike on the novels of Flann O’Brien. Where each of the Democratic candidates might leave the country ideologically could ultimately be the most lasting determinant of the success of the next presidency. George Lakoff on why personality matters. The introduction to Our Underachieving Colleges by Derek Bok. After years of trial and error, Michael Currie says he has a way to bring angry teenage boys back to civility - - gently.