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Necessary for a thinking person

Simon Springer (Victoria) et al.: Leaky Geopolitics: The Ruptures and Transgressions of WikiLeaks. How to be an Assangelite: George Osborn explains the steps necessary for a thinking person to maintain their admiration of the Wikileaks founder. From The University Bookman, here is some advice to students coming back this fall on how to make the best of their education; and Eugene Schlanger writes to college students considering a course in American poetry. Occupy Wall Street, Year Two: Approaching its anniversary, the movement isn't dead — it's growing up. Judith Butler responds to hostile Jerusalem Post article on her having been awarded the Adorno Prize. Lance Armstrong and the philosophy of making bad decisions: When body enhancement is the norm, is there any other way to be competitive? Thomas Nagel says Intelligent Design arguments should “be taken seriously”.