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Condemned to tireless curiosity

Eric Heinze (Queen Mary): Towards a Legal Concept of Hatred: Democracy, Ontology, and the Limits of Deconstruction. From Review of Historical Geography and Toponomastics, Paul Woodman on the toponymy of absence. The name of the polymath: Scott McLemee pays tribute to the life of Umberto Eco, who had an attitude of mind condemned to tireless curiosity. Nike founder Phil Knight’s $400 million gift to Stanford is philanthropy at its worst. Bill Gates: the energy breakthrough that will “save our planet” is less than 15 years away. U.S. abortion clinics are closing at the fastest rate since abortion became legal. These 6 charts show how much sexism Hillary Clinton faces on Twitter. Conservative leaders hedge on support for Cruz. Trumpland: Cruz, Huckabee and Santorum might make up an OK personal injury law firm, or the worst folk-rock group ever.