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All things obnoxiously hip

From the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family, and Property, a new issue of Crusade magazine is out; and an article on tracing the glorious origins of priestly celibacy. Part fashion bible and part throwdown on all things obnoxiously hip, Gavin McInnes’ Street Boners satirizes the street-style photography phenomenon. A review of "Can There Be a Theory of Law?" by Joseph Raz. Sympathy Deformed: Theodore Dalrymple on how misguided compassion hurts the poor. We the People are the watchers: A new open source-style project promotes Open Source Sensing. With their heads in their hands: Suzanne Menghraj on saints, icons, and presence of mind in the absence of brain. Marc Abrahams on the science of soggy cereals and a lesson in how to compose far less readily digestible patent applications. A review of David Masciotra's Working on a Dream: The Progressive Political Vision of Bruce Springsteen. The quality of English writing has declined, The Spiritual History of English claims, in tandem with a decline in widespread public belief in Christianity. What does the BP oil spill reveal about the global consequences of corporate — and national — risk-taking cultures and preferences? From Freethought Today, an article on the mother of all Daily Show ambushes. From Literary Review, a review of E M Forster: A New Life by Wendy Moffat and Concerning E M Forster by Frank Kermode (and more by Dale Peck at Bookforum). From Print, Rick Poynor on the missing critical history of illustration. Platonic Ideal: An article on the romance and seduction of female friendship. A review of War Without Fronts: The USA in Vietnam by Bernd Greiner. From the Mises Institute, Jeff Riggenbach on Karl Hess and the death of politics. A review of Chomsky Notebook, ed. Jean Bricmont and Julie Franck.