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The very idea

Joseph Heath (Toronto): On the Very Idea of a Just Wage. Lisa Grow Sun and Brigham Daniels (BYU): Mirrored Externalities. Malcolm Harris on the small miracle you haven't heard about amid the carnage in Syria. Mark Lilla on France: The shock is that things are far worse than anyone had feared. Benjamin Evans writes a postcard from France. Found in translation: Jeet Heer on Arthur Goldhammer, America's finest bridge to French culture. The best of intentions: Michael Zakim and Feisal G. Mohamed on debating the ASA boycott. Isaac Arnsdorf and Simon Kennedy on how $50 oil changes almost everything. Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry on the case for invading North Korea: The regime is an abomination — it's time to get serious about changing it. Robert McMillan on the leap second is about to rattle the Internet — but there’s a plot to kill it. Obama and Warren on the economy: Different messages, similar policies. Matthew Yglesias on why Republicans are starting to sound like Elizabeth Warren. Nick Gillespie on the most important trial in America: The federal government’s case against the proprietor of a “darknet” website could forever alter how we all use the Internet. Jack Shafer writes in defense of David Petraeus: So he might have slipped a few secrets to his biographer/lover — who am I to judge? Ken Silverstein on how the Iraq war financed a Beltway real estate boom. Annie Lowrey on why political dynasties are good for women.