Stephan Gohmann (Louisville): Why Are There So Few Breweries in the South? Cheryl E. Matias (Colorado) and Ricky Lee Allen (New Mexico): Loving Whiteness to Death: Sadomasochism, Emotionality, and the Possibility of Humanizing Love. Enrique Krauze on how the future of democracy in Latin America is at stake on the streets of Caracas: A win in Venezuela could herald a dictator-free Latin America for the first time. Danny Postel on how there is nothing progressive about defending Russia’s role in Syria, no matter how one packages it. Pot, meet kettle: While Washington was bashing Russia at the U.N. for violating international law, it was facing similar criticisms of its own legal record. Tell me more: An interview with Danah Boyd, author of It’s Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens. "Between Two Ferns", Rightbloggers find few laughs, much concern-trolling for presidency. Could becoming a grandmother ease Hillary Clinton’s path to the White House? As speculation grows about whether Hillary Rodham Clinton will run for president in 2016, so too has a political parlor game of coming up with creative variations on the same question. What’s really behind GOP’s poverty and welfare obsession: Josh Eidelson interviews Ange-Marie Hancock, author of The Politics of Disgust: The Public Identity of the Welfare Queen (and more). Two neo-Confederate leaders join Republican and Democratic parties to run for office. Josh Marshall on when the crazy drifts toward the evil. Christopher Howse on why there’s no jot of shame in leaving the books on your shelf unread. The Vertically Integrated Rape Joke: Anne Elizabeth Moore on the triumph of Vice. Carl Bialik on how statisticians could help find that missing plane.
