From EJIL, Emmanuelle Jouannet (Sorbonne): Universalism and Imperialism: The True-False Paradox of International Law? From Mute, an essay on Orientalism Inverted: The rise of "Hindu Nation"; and is the convergence of art and sport under the pressure of pseudo-participatory spectacle undermining the utopian potential of both? It’s all about the oil: The Olympics — where sports, politics, and corruption collided — 2,000 years ago. Caveman vs. modern human: Who would win Olympic gold? From Wired, an article on real-world social networks vs. Facebook "friends". An interview with Christian Lander, author of Stuff White People Like. Veronica Miller likes Stuff Educated Black People Like — is that so wrong? An excerpt from Stop Me If You've Heard This by Jim Holt. Dude, you stole my article: Jody Rosen investigates a suspicious alt weekly. The last great American reporter: Forty years after breaking the story of the My Lai massacre, Seymour Hersh is not retiring and refuses to be a "pundit". What's really killing newspapers: They're no longer the best providers of social currency. From PUP, the introduction to Evil Incarnate: Rumors of Demonic Conspiracy and Satanic Abuse in History by David Frankfurter. A review of Who Owns Antiquity? by James Cuno (and more and an excerpt). Business Week goes beyond blogs: A lot has changed in three years.