John Holbo (NUS): Twelve Twists in Euthyphro’s Case. If Hillary Clinton does not become the first female president of the United States, where should we look for her successor? A look at what Hillary Clinton’s candidacy has taught our daughters. In background and in character, Michelle Obama and Cindy McCain present as stark a contrast as their husbands. A review of Blood Matters: From Inherited Illness to Designer Babies, How the World and I Found Ourselves in the Future of the Gene by Masha Gessen. From Writ, what's so special about genetic discrimination? Congress passes a revealing bill; and a look at how one subgroup of evangelical Christians is attempting to redefine the very term "evangelical". A review of Mysticism and Architecture: Wittgenstein and the Meanings of the Palais Stonborough by Roger Paden. A review of Ecce monstrum: Georges Bataille and the Sacrifice of Form by Jeremy Biles. An interview with Howard Zinn on why anarchism is often ridiculed as violent and chaotic. How far left has Latin America moved? Immanuel Wallerstein investigates. From Vanity Fair, the Italian police may have had their reasons for holding 20-year-old American Amanda Knox in connection with the “extreme sex” murder last November of her British roommate, Meredith Kercher. Alberto Manguel writes about finding a place to keep his library of some 30,000 books.
