Shmuel Nili (Yale): Dangerous Health? Nietzsche’s Physiological Discourse between Nuremberg and Jerusalem. Melissa Deckman (Washington College): Annie Get Your Gun? Women, Guns, and the Tea Party. Anne Helen Petersen on the trouble with “It Girls”: We’ve used the term for nearly a century — but what does it tell us about the way we label women and their work? Where the bodies are buried: Gerry Adams has long denied being a member of the I.R.A. — but his former compatriots claim that he authorized murder. Why no one likes a realpolitik foreign policy: The United States is using military force to help Iran in one country and thwart Iran in another — this seems like a strange way to run foreign policy. William D. Carrigan and Clive Webb on when Americans lynched Mexicans. A study finds lighter-skinned black and Hispanic people look smarter to white people. Facebook is eating the Internet: This version of Facebook is one where it is no longer just a single factor in our lives but the overarching context that consumes everything beneath it. Who are the Huthis, where did they come from, and where are they going? Meet the group that now rules Yemen. KKK Imperial Wizard Bill Wilkinson found in Belize insists he isn't racist. Stephanie Simon on how, in the high-stakes world of American education, Pearson makes money even when its results don’t measure up.
