Harvey Whitehouse (Oxford), Pieter Francois (Herfordshire), and Peter Turchin (Connecticut): The Role of Ritual in the Evolution of Social Complexity: Five Predictions and a Drum Roll. Greece on brink of chaos as refugees riot over forced return to Turkey. From the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, a special report on the Panama Papers: Politicians, criminals and the rogue industry that hides their cash. Katha Pollitt on abortion and punishment: If ending a pregnancy is murder, how can we not treat it as such? At rallies, Hillary Clinton’s supporters are looking for logic, not passion. Chris Lehmann on what Obama gets wrong about our political media. Could the language barrier actually fall within the next 10 years? Antarctic dreams: Douglas Fox on learning what you’re made of at the bottom of the Earth.
