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Brendan Ballou (Stanford): Why America’s Nation Building Office Failed and What Congress Had to Do With It. Martin Gelter (Fordham) and Kristoffel R. Grechenig (Max Planck): History of Law and Economics. Daniel M. Klerman (USC): Economics of Legal History. Daniel M. Klerman (USC): Economic Analysis of Legal History. Could “caregiverism” be the new feminism? Kat Stoeffel wonders. Bartlett on how Obama is a Republican: He’s the heir to Richard Nixon, not Saul Alinsky. Republicans now have historic majorities in state legislatures — that's a really big deal. Democrats had a winning message in 2012 — and promptly forgot it in 2014. Matt Taibbi on JPMorgan Chase's worst nightmare: Chase whistle-blower Alayne Fleischmann risked it all — meet the woman JPMorgan Chase paid one of the largest fines in American history to keep from talking. Navy SEAL who killed bin Laden revealed: Rob O'Neill named as SEAL Team Six hero who shot terror chief three times in head — and has already inspired series of Hollywood roles. Is complaining about catcalling racist? Zeynep Tufekci on Hollaback and why everyone needs better research methods — and why all data needs theory. Meet the mysterious creator of rumor-debunking site Snopes.com, David Mikkelson. Nadia Drake on how one experimental drug may be defeating Ebola and saving people. For every randomly beloved #AlexFromTarget, there is someone who wakes up one day, without warning, on the pitchfork end of an internet mob. Hamilton Nolan on the breathtaking cynicism of the Mia Love lovefest. Breaking: Marriage equality just got a first class ticket to the Supreme Court.