Dakota S. Rudesill (Georgetown): Regulating Tactical Nuclear Weapons. Do no harm: Jasmine-Kim Westendorf on arguing for humanitarian intervention. From PopMatters, Nathan Wisnicki writes in defense of Taylor Swift and Gen-Y Pop Music, and Colin McGuire writes in defense of keeping it real, and live. Breaking the grip of the oligarchs: How a tragic twist of fate is fueling a revolt against Armenia’s overweening tycoons. Charles Postel on how the Occupy movement resembles nineteenth-century American populism in its anger at the avarice of bankers and financiers and in its notions of majoritarian democracy; where it differs from the old Populists is in its attitude to the state. John Dawson reviews Growth Miracles and Growth Debacles: Exploring Root Causes by Sambit Bhattacharyya. The history of Western classical music is replete with tales of female composers and performers whose accomplishments and contributions have gone largely unsung. What does sex have to do with world peace? Curt Hopkins on how crowdsourcing could crack the world's oldest writing system. Arika Okrent on 11 weirdly spelled words and how they got that way.
