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Why should I care?

Tom Ginsburg and Daniel Lansberg-Rodriguez (Chicago) and Mila Versteeg (Virginia): When to Overthrow your Government: The Right to Resist in the World’s Constitutions. The Economist on why South Korea is so distinctively Christian; on South Korea’s soft power: How a really uncool country became the tastemaker of Asia; and on why so many Koreans are called Kim. Heather Havrilesky on our “mommy” problem: The current culture demands that every mother be all in, all the time. Leon Neyfakh on how American voters fell out of love with their own parties: Today we hate the other side more than we root for our own team — why the end of rah-rah politics is bad for democracy. Barry Ritholtz on celebrating Greenspan's legacy of failure. Ranking the rankings: International comparisons are popular, influential — and sometimes flawed. Public goods, profits, and state legitimacy: Mike Konczal reviews Against the Profit Motive: The Salary Revolution in American Government, 1780–1940 by Nicholas R. Parrillo; The Teacher Wars: A History of America’s Most Embattled Profession by Dana Goldstein; and Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America’s Police Forces by Radley Balko. Chris Mooney on how the world’s climate change watchdog may be underestimating global warming. Jeffrey Ball on how our planet is going to blow past the "two degrees" climate limit. What is net neutrality and why should I care? The non-geek’s guide. Paul Krugman on the incredibly sensitive feelings of the superrich, who are so hurt at any suggestion that great wealth does not also go with great wisdom and great virtue that they threaten to take the economy with them and go home — we must make fun of such people.