Mark Denbeaux, Jonathan Hafetz, Joshua W. Denbeaux, and Joseph Hickman (Seton Hall): Guantanamo: America’s Battle Lab. Susan Ariel Aaronson (GWU): Why Trade Agreements are Not Setting Information Free: The Lost History and Reinvigorated Debate over Cross-Border Data Flows, Human Rights and National Security. Should we oppose the intervention against ISIS? Most U.S. leftists say yes, but voices we rarely hear — Kurds and members of the Syrian opposition — have more ambiguous views. The resurgence of the Leftist public intellectual: Daniel Tutt reviews The Left Hemisphere: Mapping Critical Theory Today by Remzig Keucheyan. From Public Seminar, Jessica R. Benjamin on the Discarded and the Dignified: From the Failed Witness to “You are the Eyes of the World” (in 6 parts). Jenny Oser, Jan E. Leighley and Ken Winneg on how people who don't just vote but participate in politics in other ways are different from both nonvoters and ordinary voters. The Ron Paul Institute says the Charlie Hebdo massacre, like 9/11, was a false flag operation. France will recover from the Paris attacks — will French Muslims? Gun nuts simulate Paris shooting, get shot by simulated terrorists. Vox got no threats for posting Charlie Hebdo cartoons, but dozens for covering Islamophobia. “Why History Will Eviscerate Obama”: Scott Lemieux brings you the annotated Christopher Caldwell. I'm so, so glad this guy exists, Roger Ver.
