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One more time

Mario Savino (Viterbo): The Right to Stay as a Fundamental Freedom: Towards a Liberal Constitutional Theory of Immigration Law? Woody Evans (Zayed): Why They Won't Save Us: Political Dispositions in the Conflicts of Superheroes. John Mueller (OSU) and Mark G. Stewart (Newcastle): Evaluating Counterterrorism Spending. Robert Pape, Keven Ruby, Vincent Bauer and Gentry Jenkins on how to fix the flaws in the Global Terrorism Database and why it matters (and a response: Global terrorism data show that the reach of terrorism is expanding). Governments take strides to cut Islamic State off from new fighters: It’s a global effort to stop the flow of recruiting for the Islamic State by teaming up with Silicon Valley tech companies to take down videos, tweets and other social networking accounts to censor content. Can the U.S. Army degrade and destroy Ebola? Obama is sending 3,000 troops to West Africa to stop the deadly outbreak — but 250,000 people could already be infected by Christmas. Well, this is turning out well: Member of polygamous Mormon splinter-group successfully cites Hobby Lobby to avoid testifying in federal court about child labor case. The racial parenting divide: Brittney Cooper on what Adrian Peterson reveals about black vs. white child-rearing. Area pundit angry at political science for proving him wrong. John Emerson on anti-populism one more time: The realist wonks of the Democratic Party never tire of telling us that you have to win elections in order to get anything done, but then they immediately also tell us that the only way to win elections is to forget about trying to do anything — is this really the wisdom we need? Matthew Cooper on why Scotch distillers are jittery about an independent Scotland: They helped create the bagpipe-and-kilt myth, but they really love the crown.