A new issue of Defunct is out. Martha Albertson Fineman (Emory): The Vulnerable Subject and the Responsive State. A look at why there aren't more interracial couples. Could I see your breeding license: If children are our “future” then who gets to have and raise children in the future will probably be pretty important. Making over McDonald's: Inside the $2.4 billion plan to change the way you think about the most iconic restaurant on the planet. Over the past five years the genetics of earwax has come back into the spotlight. From Dissent, Daniel Greenwood on how prosperity comes from justice, not austerity; and an excerpt from Food Justice by Robert Gottlieb and Anupama Joshi. What the Tofflers got right (and wrong): They predicted the “electronic frontier” of the Internet, Prozac, YouTube, cloning, home-schooling, the self-induced paralysis of too many choices, instant celebrities, and the end of blue-collar manufacturing — not bad for 1970. Extensive research into the causes of suicide terrorism proves Islam isn't to blame — the root of the problem is foreign military occupations. A review of Everything Explained Through Flowcharts: All of Life's Mysteries Unraveled, Including Tips for World Domination, Which Religion Offers the Best Afterlife, Alien Pickup Lines, and the Secret Recipe for Gettin' Laid Lemonade by Doogie Horner. An interview with Steve Hendricks, author of A Kidnapping in Milan: The CIA on Trial. Has the Earth run out of any natural resources? Being Suicidal: What it feels like to want to kill yourself. Why Time needs Newsweek: The codependency of America's two surviving newsweeklies. The future of pot: Medical marijuana opened the door to full legalization, so what would America look like in 2020?
