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In the face of color

A new issue of the queer anarchist Pink and Black Attack is out. The Future Takes Forever: An article on Fereidoun M. Esfandiary becoming FM-2030. From Human Rights & Human Welfare, a reoundtable on Haiti’s human rights challenges and the responsibility of the international community. Joanna Connors turns the page on Amazon's Kindle: An essay. From Airman, among aircraft, like people, there are a few that stand out from the rest. In the American Grain: Scott McLemee remembers Howard Zinn. A Museum of One's Own: Can writers' former homes become tourist destinations? The odds are long and the payoff is low. An interview with Bill Watterson, creator of Calvin and Hobbes. A review of 36 Arguments for the Existence of God by Rebecca Goldstein (and more and more and more and more and more and more and more and more). Mike Musgrove on how "citizen cartographers" map the microcosms of the world. Krak des Chevaliers is the most imposing symbol of the crusades. From Vanity Fair, Mark Bowden on a case that challenges the conventional wisdom about online sexual predators, and blurs the lines among crime, “intent,” and enticement. Race to the Checkout Line: What the National Grocers Association's Best Bagger Championship says about work and competition. To properly tackle malnutrition, we need to consider nutrigenomics — the process of how nutrients interact with genes to alter metabolism. From Esquire, a special section on D.C. People Who Matter. What is there to say in the face of color, a visual phenomenon that so often seems to elude linguistic expression? Maggie Nelson investigates. My Dad went to San Quentin and all I got was this lousy T-shirt.