Ross E. Davies (George Mason): Lego and Law: Linking the Gilded Age and Today. Scott Johnson (Georgetown): Real and Imagined Geography. Jason Rivera (Rutgers): Resistance to Change: Understanding Why Disaster Response and Recovery Institutions are Set in Their Ways. Emily M. Crookston (Coastal Carolina): Love and (Polygamous) Marriage? A Liberal Case Against Polygamy. From Global Review: A Biannual Special Topics Journal, a special issue on archives and networks of modernism. Wolfgang Schauble on why taxation must go global. Burkina Faso's revolution 2.0: Thousands are protesting in the capital amid unconfirmed reports that the army is poised to step in. Most Ebola patients in the U.S. survive, half in Africa die — why are we letting this happen? Nurse Hickox is an exceptionally brave person whose work in West Africa has been quite astonishingly selfless; her behaviour since she returned to America has been equally astonishing — in its reckless selfishness. The media's overreaction to Ebola is sending a chill through workers at Doctors Without Borders. Yes, I judge your politics: It’s okay to judge people’s political values — it’s not like the sports team you root for. No, Russell Brand, you’re no Noam Chomsky: The comedian-turned-activist styles himself as a pupil of Chomsky, but his new book only furthers the cause of the establishment he rails against. Apple CEO Tim Cook: “I consider being gay among the greatest gifts God has given me”. Messing with Texas again: Rick Hansen on putting it back under federal supervision. Tim Murphy on the case for senators skipping committee hearings: They're long, tedious, and redundant. No longer the hardest word, a public apology is now the defence strategy of the rich and powerful — can it still do good?
