Jonathan P. Bowen (LSBU): A Brief History of Early Museums Online. The special Orgy & Handwashing issue of the Annals of Improbable Research is now online; and Martin Gardiner on lycanthropy: a review of the research. Vice builds a big, sweaty hipster carnival, Creator's Project. Understanding Hipsters: Soren Bowie goes on an undercover operation. From The Public Eye, Rachel Tabachnick on the new Christian Zionism and the Jews: A love/hate relationship; and on exporting "traditional values": Gillian Kane on the World Congress of Families. Voluntary taxes, yes, really: The surprising potential of an unlikely plan. Ideology vs. education: An excerpt from Nonsense on Stilts: How to Tell Science from Bunk by Massimo Pigliucci (and more). Kyrgyzstan falls apart: Can democracy work in Central Asia? From Liberty, Michael Christian meets the rich and powerful, and discovers that not all of them are merely useful idiots; and "a libertarian and a comedian walk into a bar": Comedy is closer to an addiction than a career. Should the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies allow online-only publications to become members? How would you react if you saw someone being attacked in the street? Big World Cup matches are liable to be decided on penalties, but are they really the best tie-breaker? Patrick Barclay has a better idea. George Scialabba reviews The Uses of Pessimism and the Danger of False Hope by Roger Scruton. Phoebe Connelly reviews Elizabeth Cady Stanton: An American Life by Lori Ginzberg. Unsolicited advice for future subjects of magazine profiles: What Gen. McChrystal should have known about Rolling Stone's reporter going in. The politics of denialism: A review of The Politics of Genocide by Edward Herman and David Peterson. An article on the hidden danger of conspiracy theories.
