To mark the bicentenary of Darwin's birth, New Scientist asked eminent evolutionary biologists to outline the biggest gaps remaining in evolutionary theory. An article on The Hipster Rent Boys of New York: In frigid economy, striving young men are turning to the oldest profession to make the city work for them. More on Book of Dead Philosophers by Simon Critchley. From First Things, Ralph Wood on G.K. Chesterton's Orthodoxy, "his most prophetic book", at a hundred; and a review of Islam and the Secular State: Negotiating the Future of Shari’a by Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im. A review of Democratic Values in the Muslim World by Moataz Fattah. A review of The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama by Gwen Ifill and What Obama Means: For Our Culture, Our Politics, Our Future by Jabari Asim (and more and more). Robin Blackburn reviews The Age of Aging: How Demographics Are Changing the Global Economy and Our World by George Magnus. An interview with Clay Risen, author of A Nation on Fire: America in the Wake of the King Assassination. Graveyard of analogies: Are the Americans destined to meet the same fate in Afghanistan as the Russians? Out of Africa: An article on the Kenyan politician who made Barack Obama. A review of Pulitzer's Gold: Behind the Prize for Public Service Journalism by Roy J. Harris Jr.
