Carolyn Pedwell (Kent): De-colonising Empathy: Thinking Affect Transnationally. Hannah Ewens on what it’s like to be an empath. How foreign governments spy using PowerPoint and Twitter: It’s not just the DNC — activists all over the world are hacked, and the results are deadly. Who are the out-of-touch Americans in this election? Democrats are losing to Republicans at the state level, and badly — here’s why. Margaret Sullivan on how journalists can do their crucial job in the next 100 days. Betraying the faith of Christopher Hitchens: David Frum on how Larry Taunton’s new book says more about its author than about the man he claims as a friend. Clean eating and dirty burgers: Julian Baggini on how food became a matter of morals. Scott McLemee reviews Skeptic by Michael Shermer.
