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Alexander Guerrero (Penn): Coercion, Political Accountability, and Voter Ignorance: The Mistaken Medicaid Expansion Ruling in NFIB v. Sebelius. W.A. Borody (Nipissing): The Japanese Roboticist Masahiro Mori’s Buddhist Inspired Concept of “The Uncanny Valley”. From TNR, Alec MacGillis on how Chris Christie's entire career reeks — it's not just the bridge. Igor Volsky on how one billionaire’s idea to give rich people more votes is already in the works. Geoff Dyer interviews Glenn Greenwald on his abrasive approach and his new online venture. Professors, we need you: Academics are some of the smartest minds in the world — so why are they making themselves irrelevant? (and a response by Corey Robin). Chemical cures for the lovesick: As we discover more about love's neural basis, we are getting closer to a way of curing its ills. Thomas Frank on the matter with Kansas now: Democrats believe demographics alone will defeat the Tea Party, but it's a smug fantasy — economic populism's the answer. U.N. report suggests charging North Korean leaders with crimes against humanity. How to re-engineer the world: A review of Social Physics: How Good Ideas Spread — The Lessons from a New Science by Alex Pentland. A seismic shift in social behavior has occurred over the last decade that was not forecasted by futurists: We have become the Interruptive Society — interrupting and interrupted. SCOTUS and Pincites: Robert Kurzban on how the publication process in legal scholarship ought to be a point of deepest shame for those publishing in the (social) scientific literature.