From Reason, Ronald Bailey on the Invisible Hand of Population Control: The tragedy of the commons meets economic freedom; and the paranoids are out to get me: Jesse Walker on the return of the militia scare. Conor Clarke interviews Paul Samuelson (and part 2). From Scientific American, do gay animals change evolution? The hottest month of the year as about to become the hottest quarter of the year. It’s time to cool the planet: Cutting greenhouse gases is no longer enough to deal with global warming — we also have to do something more direct and risky. Is Iran ripe for revolution? Possibly, but Mir Hossein Mousavi is no Mikhail Gorbachev. From Vanity Fair, Christopher Hitchens visits Greece’s new Acropolis Museum, devoted to the Parthenon and other temples; and more on the Madoff Chronicles: Did the sons know? (and Ruth Madoff?) Bring on the Traitor Democrats: Who cares if Obama's electoral coalition is fragile? Democrats need to run against other Democrats to push Congress to the left. From TED, Diane Benscoter on how cults rewire the brain. From THES, a review of The Cambridge Companion to Bob Dylan; a review of Idiocy: A Cultural History by Patrick McDonagh; and I poke dead people: An article on the paradox of Facebook. The Tramp Stamp Story: Is lower-back ink sexy or slutty?
