From Taki's Top Drawer, Thomas E. Woods Jr. on Authority Issues: Is There Sovereignty Beyond the State?; John Zmirak on Anarcho-Fantasy: The Dream of a World Without the State; and Paul Gottfried on The Twilight of National Sovereignty. From Spectator, if you or your chatmate are looking for a nilogism or mislexis, don’t wait till an earar. Hack the Vote: Five ways Internet tricksters could tamper with the 2008 elections. Do subatomic particles have free will? If we have free will, so do subatomic particles, mathematicians claim to prove. From NPR, a look at the top athletes who aren't at the Olympics. Bisexual men might have their "hyper-heterosexual" female relatives to thank for their orientation. National Review likes "Stuff White People Like" in small doses. A Future of Less: Here's how government can help curb America's seemingly endless appetite for "more". From Mental Floss, a look at 3 controversial maps. From Intelligent Life, an article on how to cheat at everything. In a democracy, lingering rituals like presenting swords to politicians should have no place. Master of memes: An interview with moot, the founder of 4chan. A review of Fat Rights: Dilemmas of Difference and Personhood by Anna Kirkland. Hipsters and the death of cool: Today, youth culture has drained even potent symbols like the keffiyeh of any meaning — is that such a bad thing?
