A new issue of Autonomy: The Critical Journal of Interdisciplinary Autism Studies is out. Michael Kelly (San Diego): Bullshit as the Absence of Truthfulness. Jane Bailey (Ottawa): “Gendering Big Brother”: What Should a Feminist Do? Alistair Welchman (UTSA): The Concept of Eternity in Kant and Post-Kantian European Thought. Gennaro Ascione (Naples): Unthinking Modernity: Historical‐Sociological, Epistemological and Logical Pathways. Carola Binder on the limited political implications of behavioral economics. Former Republican senator Olympia Snowe admits the Obamacare court challenge is built on lies (and more). Soon there will only be two kinds of ads on broadcast TV: commercials for things that make you sick and commercials for things that cure the illnesses caused by the things that make you sick. Dave Zirin on Montreal, the adopted home of Jackie Robinson, John Carlos, and now Michael Sam. Jeb Bush’s favorite author Charles Murray rejects democracy, says the hyper-rich should seize power. Charles Murray’s star power comes from his exemplary performance as “policy expert”, blending the styles associated with the academic, political, entrepreneurial, and media worlds. In the murky world of big-bucks speeches, the Clintons are more transparent than most. Feminist Mad Max meme is an MRA’s nightmare. It's time we have a holiday to honor those who try to stop wars too.
