Paul Bracken (Yale): Scholars and Security. From World Policy Journal, a series of articles on Archiving in the 21st Century. Monetizing the celebrity meltdown: How Tom Barrack and Rob Lowe are making money off of distressed celebrities. From Ars Technica, Walker White on Getting to QED: Informal logic and online argumentation, deduction and arguments, analogies and argument, and making analogies precise. Retiring minds ought to know: Think your working life is almost over? Think again. From State of Nature, a system lacking in authenticity: Its necessity for war proves that Power has come to rest, not on an economic system that works on its own, but upon the accumulated violence this economic system has delivered to its protagonists. Localities the nation over can’t afford to fill potholes or keep libraries open, yet top corporate execs are continuing to stuff their pockets with our tax dollars. The world's most controversial vacations: From boycotts to embargoes, these destinations promise more than just rest and relaxation. Al Qaeda's edgy new online magazine Inspire is raising alarms by trying to recruit alienated American Muslims. From the fringe to the mainstream: How “scandals” of dubious validity or relevance end up attracting so much media attention. Where are the conservative novelists? Think about the politics of today’s universities, and it is not surprising that creative-writing programs produce so few conservatives.
