Michael G. Bennett (Northeastern): Celebrity Politicians and Publicity Rights in the Age of Obama. C. Peter Timmer (Harvard): Food Security in Asia and the Pacific: The Rapidly Changing Role of Rice. From The Economist, a special report on business in Asia. Simon Maloy on man’s man Erick Erickson — and his sad, terrifying existence: Why is it that alpha male Erickson keeps losing to the emo feminists and men who cry? There are more museums in the US than there are Starbucks and McDonalds — combined. Starbucks goes to college: Starbucks wasn’t looking ahead, it was looking backward, mimicking an older model of labor-management relations. It seems that, at least as far as the research goes, it’s far healthier to think like Tigger than like Eeyore. Danny Vinik on how Greg Mankiw's newest defense of the one percent is just as wrong as all his others. Prisoners of knowledge: James Fallows on standing up to warmongering D.C. The absolutist: Ted Cruz is an unyielding debater — and the far right’s most formidable advocate. The gap between a past and a present merits chronic rehabilitation — nostalgia can end only by describing the gap with two techniques: sentimentalism or destruction. Leon Neyfakh on how amusement parks hijack your brain: They’re perfectly engineered to push psychological buttons you didn’t even know you had — here’s how. Welcome to the future of work: The New Republic on a new content series, including Bryce Covert on how taking a vacation may actually save your career: Workaholism is hurting the American economy. Is there hope for the survivors of the drug wars? Criminalized and discarded, falling at the bottom of every statistic, they want something better.
