Daria Isachenko (Humboldt): The EU Mission at Work around the Transdniestria: A Win-Win Case? Invasion of the body snatchers: The beauty industry steals women’s self-esteem and convinces us to spend unwisely in pursuit of physical perfection. The Laugh Bug: Is Volkswagen's Fun Theory campaign anything more than a turbocharged marketing stunt? An excerpt from Contemporary Political Movements and the Thought of Jacques Ranciere: Equality in Action by Todd May. Getting Their Guns Off: The books that shaped HBO’s The Pacific give the lie to the notion of generational exceptionalism. Weber: The Contemporary West, a small humanities journal, survives deep budget cuts; Scott McLemee finds out how editor Michael Wutz manages to maintain the publication — and his own optimism. Is Dr. Amy Bishop a new breed of female murderer? A look at how Wall Street's know-it-alls can't tell right from wrong. From New Scientist, maxed out: A special series on testing humans to destruction. Barack Obama v. John Roberts: The coming months will feature two intellectual gladiators in a great struggle over the role of government in American society. The Government War: The stale, old debate of big government on the left versus small government on the right is back with a vengeance. Margaret Guroff reviews In Hanuman’s Hands by Cheeni Rao. IslamOnline must not fail: The clear voice of the most successful website of its type must not be drowned out. Does love take us anywhere other than death? Does it matter? Good but oversold: A review of AP: A Critical Examination of the Advanced Placement Program. A review of A Nuclear Winter's Tale: Science and Politics in the 1980s by Lawrence Badash. More and more and more on G.A. Cohen's Rescuing Justice and Equality.
