Weixia Gu (Hong Kong): 15 Years of the Handover: The Rise, Discontent, and Positive Interaction of Cross-Border Arbitration in Hong Kong with Mainland China. Saray Ayala (Carlos III) and Nadya Vasilyeva (UC-Berkeley): Extended Sex: An Account of Sex for a More Just Society. Ljupcho Stojkovski (Saints Cyril and Methodius): Philosophical and Moral Justification of Humanitarian Intervention. Is war innate or a modern human invention? Carolyn Y. Johnson investigates. Brian Beutler on why Democrats shouldn't seek revenge for Republican redistricting — they should offer this deal instead. Releasing images of beheadings signals that even as the Islamic State group suffers battlefield losses, it is holding on to its edge in the propaganda war; U.S. officials say that's the only way the militants can continue to maintain support and attract new recruits. Libertarians who oppose a militarized police should support gun control — but they don't, of course. Erick Erickson increasingly finds conflict between his faith and some conservative discourse. Are the Pauls Ebola truthers? Josh Marshall investigates. With Ebola, mass quarantine is back: Medical historian Howard Markel on what it means to return to a medieval public health strategy. Here are seven things we now know about how the world has handled Ebola. The vehemently pro-life Todd Kincannon argues that anyone who contracts Ebola should be summarily executed. Stephen Fry on why the whole of Europe is looking at Estonia with hope. Lunch with the FT: John Paul Rathbone interviews Roberto Mangabeira Unger. Village Voice Media cancels the Rightbloggers column forthwith for budgetary reasons. Kevin Karn on why universal poverty is the only sensible choice for humanity.
