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Truly sovereign at last

Richard E. Redding (Chapman) and William O’Donohue (Nevada - Reno): The Psychology of Political Correctness in Higher Education. Mitchell J. Nathanson (Villanova): Truly Sovereign at Last: CBC Distribution v. MLB and the Redefinition of the Concept of Baseball. Randy Borum (USF): Understanding Terrorist Psychology. From n+1, my life and times: Anonymous on PR for the PRC; and a perfect bomb: Nick Holdstock visits Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang. A review of The Uyghurs: Strangers in Their Own Land by Gardner Bovingdon. Colonial studies: A real ant colony is more like an office that communicates by meaningless text messaging. They work together, share food and send their elders into battle to protect the young, and EO Wilson thinks they have a lot to teach us. A review of Lysander Spooner: American Anarchist by Steve J. Shone. From The Chronicle, what are books good for? At their best, they are better, smarter versions of ourselves — but though books aren't crucial, long-form texts are. The first chapter from A Tale of Two Cities: Santo Domingo and New York after 1950 by Jesse Hoffnung-Garskof. Using music to teach politics: An interview with political scientist Chris Soper. Age of Innocence: How discovering planets is like losing your virginity. A review of The Social Life of Scriptures: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Biblicism. Avenue Verte is the London-Paris cycle route that keeps getting you lost. Failing poor single mothers: A review of Stretched Thin: Poor Families, Welfare Work, and Welfare Reform by Sandra Morgen, Joan Acker, and Jill Weigt; Both Hands Tied Welfare Reform and the Race to the Bottom in the Low-Wage Labor Market by Jane L. Collins and Victoria Mayer; and The War on Welfare Family, Poverty, and Politics in Modern America by Marisa Chappell. A review of Carl Schmitt and the Politics of Hostility, Violence and Terror by Gabriella Slomp.