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The inaugural issue of Studies in Sociology of Science is out. Steven Horwitz (St. Lawrence): Fascism: Italian, German, and American. From Philosophy & Public Policy Quarterly, Evan Selinger (RIT): Ethics and Poverty Tours; and Scott Wisor (Colorado): Is There a Moral Obligation to Limit Family Size? You grow out of candy as you grow out of childhood, then you taste it in middle age and...WHOA. When you read a book, it is a story within the story. The French call this mise-en-abim: the condition of being between two mirrors with an abyss of yous staring back. Just as Hispanics were giving up on him, Obama stood up for what he believes on Arizona and immigration — and passion is good politics. Culinary Resolution: TAP talks to an arts group that tries to bring residents of warring nations together over dinner. What follows is just a beginning, an introduction to some of the mental pollutants, information viruses and psychic shocks we have to deal with daily — a survey of the threats to our “ecology of mind.” Think you're operating on free will? Think again. Humans have survived ice ages and deadly pandemics to become the dominant species on Earth, but can humans survive? In an austere climate for publishing, one innovation is booming: brief studies of single films or TV shows — Diane Negra considers the commercial and scholarly implications. A look at 5 bizarre real life gangs that put The Warriors to shame. Vetting the Regulators: Regulatory appointees deserve the same scrutiny and public attention as Supreme Court justices. The reactionary: A review of Field Notes on Democracy: Listening to Grasshoppers by Arundhati Roy.