Alexander Tsesis (Loyola): Destructive Messages: How Hate Speech Paves the Way for Harmful Social Movements. From Expositions, Noel Falco Dolan (Villanova): Of Virgins and Vampires: Twilight and the Issues of Beauty and Soul; and an interview with historian John Lukacs. Would you eat your cat?: The aim of this activity is to tell you something about how you view the morality of behaviour that many people would consider to be "disgusting". Why do contemporary choreographers insist on changing up their styles when they create works for classical ballet companies? From Standpoint, the historian Tim Blanning and the critic Jonathan Bate discuss the place of Romanticism in contemporary culture; and the future's free-for all of us: Sharing is the key moral concept of our business-friendly, post-socialist world bringing instant global access at zero cost. Despite our current global economic hard times, says a new study from banking giant Credit Suisse, the world has more than enough wealth to ensure every adult on it a significant personal net-worth nest egg. A review of The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee. Purification through pain: A fresh look at torture in the Middle Ages. Diplomat gone rogue: When the U.N. fired Peter Galbraith for insubordination in Afghanistan, he suddenly had a reputation to defend — and nothing left to lose. Back-Office Blues: How bad is Foreclosuregate? An interview with Ted C. Fishman, author of Shock of Gray: The Aging of the World's Population and How it Pits Young Against Old, Child Against Parent, Worker Against Boss, Company Against Rival, and Nation Against Nation. Steven Johnson on what a hundred million calls to 311 reveal about New York. A look at why today's cockroaches are the biggest ever.
