From L'Espace Politique, Nancy Ettlinger (OSU): On the Spatiality of Segregation and the Governance of Change; and Ronan Paddison (Glasgow): Some reflections on the limitations to public participation in the post-political city. Whatever happened to N.W.A's Posse? The Eazy-E True Hollywood (or True Compton) Stories behind the legendary L.A. hip-hop cover. The world's top dissidents: Here's a small sample of the thousands of brave men and women leading the global fight for freedom and democracy. Gentleman thrillseeker: How Wilfred Thesiger blazed a trail across Africa and Arabia. From LRB, Jenny Diski reviews The World Turned Upside Down: The Global Battle over God, Truth, and Power by Melanie Phillips. An article on using laser to map ancient civilizations in a matter of days. Sara Eckel reviews The Privileges by Jonathan Dee. From On the Human, can computer models help us to understand human creativity? Margaret Boden investigates. The little pill that could cure alcoholism: When an alcoholic doctor began experimenting with Baclofen, he made what could be the medical breakthrough of the century. The magic cure: Startled by the power of placebos, doctors consider how to use them as real treatment. Monks with guns: Buddhists aren’t immune to anger, fear, or violence. From Moment, Howard Reich on the life and times of Skokie. Sex scandals, rows and mavericks: Is it time to regulate psychotherapy? D.C.'s New Groove: Maybe it's the shift of power from Manhattan, maybe it's a new optimism, but the city inside the Beltway has jettisoned its staid image for a wholesale revival of wide swaths of the cityscape. A review of On the Grid: A Plot of Land, An Average Neighborhood, and the Systems that Make Our World Work by Scott Huler.
