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An unsettling new way to see

Paul Dragos Aligica (GMU): Public Administration, Public Choice and the Ostroms: The Achievement, the Failure, the Promise; and Citizenship, Political Competence and Civic Studies: The Ostromian Perspective. Living in a quantum game: For scientists in the field of quantum information, the swirling chaos of space and the delicate intricacies of life are nothing more than a game. Should America let Syria fight on? Thanassis Cambanis on an unsettling new way to see the catastrophic civil war. Get rich or deny trying: Noam Scheiber on how to make millions off Obama. Tom Engelhardt on the Enemy-Industrial Complex: How to turn a world lacking in enemies into the most threatening place in the universe. Keep Calm and Carry On: It is easy to feel scared and powerless in the wake of attacks like those at the Boston Marathon — but it also plays into the perpetrators' hands.