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Justify the means

A new issue of h+ Magazine is out. James V. Schall, S.J. on Last Things: How evil is evil? How good is good? The Cult of Chuck Norris: Sean Macaulay analyzes the strange afterlife of the worst actor in action. Why putting Khalid Sheikh Mohammed on trial downtown is the right thing for the U.S. — and the city (and if Rudy were still U.S. prosecutor, he’d agree). Why the critics of the KSM trial are wrong: The critics of the KSM trial can't ask for more law and less law at the same time. Lives of the Saints’ blood and gore gave Joyce Gemperlein a love of obits — and an interest in sex. From Esquire, an interview with Alberto Gonzales on the value of torture and Karl Rove's role in the US attorney firings. A review of The Red Book: Liber Novus by C. G. Jung. "My plight is not unique": A roundtable discussion on sexual violence in conflict zones. Chris Lehmann on the tragic tale of Bunky and Barbara Hearst. An interview with Spanish author Javier Marias, the most important intellectual figure that you’ve probably never heard of. Is fanaticism always wrong, or does the cause sometime justify the means? Girls Just Wanna Have Fangs: A look at the unwarranted backlash against fans of the world's most popular vampire-romance series. Who's afraid of world government? Lawrence Wittner investigates. On a scale of 1 to 10 for how dangerous a book is to have on your desk if you have other work to get done, David McCandless's The Visual Miscellaneum would rate about a 9. An interview with Paul Butler, author of Let's Get Free: A Hip Hop Theory of Justice. Notre Dame is betting Brian Kelly is the man who can finally win it all for the Irish.