From Human Affairs, a special issue on Ernst Gombrich. Can a global climate pact save our behinds? An interview with prominent game theorist Bruce Bueno de Mesquita. Jose Maria J. Yulo on Love's Imperative: A Study on Kant and Kolbe. Mathematics has never been so exciting: More and more on Logicomix by Apostolos Doxiadis and Christos H Papadimitriou. An interview with Peter Minowitz, author of Straussophobia: Defending Leo Strauss and Straussians Against Shadia Drury and Other Accusers. What's so bad about being part of H.L. Mencken's "boobocracy"?: The Great Books looked great to one 70s teenager. Credit where credit's due: Why civilian aid and military aid shouldn't mix. A review of The Least Worst Place: How Guantanamo Became the World’s Most Notorious Prison by Karen Greenberg. The bailout in under ten minutes: The Nation's Chris Hayes on the bailout's limited trajectory and what its limitations mean for the Obama administration. We've given trillions to the super rich, but there are many better uses for your money. Salon interviews the late Adam Smith: The 18th century's patron saint of free markets shares his surprising views about Barack Obama and the U.S. economy. Is there any way to tell if a polling firm's data are reliable? A recent imbroglio within the polling industry raised that question. Dr. Philip Nitschke has caused uproar from Australia to the UK over his unapologetic pro-suicide philosophy — and now he's bringing his cause to the States. People who reject the theory of evolution should be placed on a level with Holocaust deniers, argues Richard Dawkins (and an interview).
