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Flipping the script

Mary Ann Tetreault (Trinity): Responsibility to Protect from Words and Deeds: Sovereignty, Vulnerability, and Entrepreneurial Politics. Erik Angner (George Mason): Subjective Well-Being: When, and Why, it Matters. From Cracked, Ann Z on 5 random factors that determine whether you succeed in life; and XJ Selman on 7 things you won't believe science says make you happy. From Vanity Fair, how did self-described German hippie Wolfgang Beltracchi pull off one of the biggest, most lucrative cons in art-world history, and how did he get nailed? ZWRRWWWBRZR: That's the sound of the prop-driven XF-84H, and it brought grown men to their knees — it didn't fly all that great either. As the world's population of older people rapidly grows in the coming years, Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia will become a health-care disaster. You are not entitled to your opinion — you are only entitled to what you can argue for. Andrew Lam on the genius behind Gangnam Style: A Korean rapper has gotten 430 million Youtube hits by flipping the script of globalization. Business leaders and serial killers share a mindset: Tim Adams reviews The Wisdom of Psychopaths by Kevin Dutton.