A new issue of Cosmos and History is out. Yvonne Donders (ACIL): Do Cultural Diversity and Human Rights Make a Good Match? From Re-public, a special issue on welfare beyond the market and the welfare state. From The Jury Expert, Matthew L. Ferrara on the psychology of voir dire. Searching for Buddha in Afghanistan: An archaeologist insists a third giant statue lies near the cliffs where the Bamiyan Buddhas, destroyed in 2001, once stood. A look at how a "plagiarized" GOP-commissioned climate change report laid the groundwork for Climate-Gate. From Skeptical Inquirer, skeptics expose the hoaxes, but should skeptics ever be the hoaxers? Dogs are smarter than cats, according to new research, but how do other species’ IQs match up against each other? We don't have a Social Security problem, we have a retirement-security problem. Here is the Anarchist Survival Guide for Understanding Gestapo Swine Interrogation Mind Games: Staying free by shutting the fuck up! More on Overhaul by Steven Rattner. As Soft Skull Press moves West, Adam Rathe looks back at the sordid history of New York’s firebrand independent book publisher. A review of Sex and War: How Biology Explains Warfare and Terrorism and Offers a Path to a Safer World by Malcolm Potts and Thomas Hayden. The rise of connectivity addiction: An excerpt from Future Files: How the Digital Age Is Changing Our Minds, Why This Matters and What We Can Do About It by Richard Watson.
