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A new issue of Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies is out. Renee Lettow Lerner (GWU): Thomas Nast's Crusading Legal Cartoons. From the Web Journal of Current Legal Issues, Elizabeth Spelman on the legality of the Israeli naval blockade of the Gaza Strip. Justin Dowdal interviews Robert McChesney, cofounder of the media reform network Free Press (with John Nichols of The Nation). Simon Johnson on the political importance of Elizabeth Warren. Suzanne Muchnic reviews Painted Bodies: African Body Painting, Tattoos and Scarification by Carol Beckwith. Stuart Elden reviews Kant: Natural Science. Ascension Island is a remote, volcanic island that Darwin, Hooker, and the Royal Navy shaped into a thriving, artificial ecosystem. Mark Weisbrot on Japan's fiscal stimulus: Yes, there is such a thing as a free lunch. Washington man forced to visit Baltimore, survives.