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James T Booker (APUS): Nietzsche’s Superman: Why the Idea Flourished in the United States in the First Several Decades at the Turn of the Twentieth Century. Jacqui Shine reviews A War for the Soul of America: A History of the Culture Wars by Andrew Hartman. Now that gay marriage is a done deal, who remains to disapprove of? Andrew Gelman on the next target in the culture war (and more). Welcome to Artprize, a “radically open” far-Right art competition in Grand Rapids. West Virginia power company president admits coal is doomed. Jessica Valenti on how Gamergate didn’t fade into obscurity — we just stopped noticing its existence. The first chapter from Finding Equilibrium: Arrow, Debreu, McKenzie and the Problem of Scientific Credit by Till Duppe and E. Roy Weintraub. Wall Street had five years to prove they can control their computers — they failed. Helaine Olen on the grandparent trap: The shameful problem of elder financial abuse is only going to get worse.