Kaja Tretjak (SUNY Buffalo): Opportunity and Danger: Why Studies of the Right are Crucial for U.S. Anthropology and Beyond. From Mother Jones, a special section on data privacy. Matt Taibbi on how Chase isn't the only bank in trouble. Not so unprecedented: Randall Kelso reviews Unprecedented: The Constitutional Challenge to Obamacare by Professor Josh Blackman. Brian Beutler on how the media is blowing the Obamacare rollout. Russell Brand calls for overhaul of current democratic system in Guardian op-ed (and a special issue of New Statesman edited by Brand). Manuel Roig-Franzia on the rise of Alicia Menendez, a voice for the millennials. Al Gore predicts lawmakers will rein in surveillance. Let's face it, Bloomberg's legacy is terrible. Ian MIllhiser on how the Tenth Amendment is dead as a national political issue. Thomas Nadelhoffer will create an open-access, peer-reviewed, on-line philosophy journal called Philosophical Exchanges. John H. Zammito on the Nagel flap and Mind and Cosmos. How has scandal-ridden Rob Ford become so popular? A political scientist explains. Judd Legum 5 things Rob Ford has done that are worse than smoking crack. Jonathan Chait on four problems with Chris Christie 2016. That thing where you're a relatively high-level professional who can't help but think you don't deserve to be where you are? It's called impostor syndrome. Go hack yourself: Samir Chopra interviewed by Richard Marshall.
