Shilpi Bhattacharya (Jindal): The Desire for Whiteness: Can Law and Economics Explain It? Thomas Nagel reviews The Memory Chalet by Tony Judt. The National Hobo Convention, the argest gathering of hobos in the country, has been meeting annually in Britt, Iowa since 1900. Michael Flaherty, author of The Textures of Time, explains how and why we sense time the way we do. Does more information mean we know less? We pay a price for all the information we consume these days — and it's knowing less. A review of Revolutions in the Atlantic World: A Comparative History by Wim Klooster. Yes, it can be rational to vote — maybe if 90% of well-educated, older white people do something, we shouldn't be so quick to dismiss it as "irrational". FCC v. AT&T reveals the limits of corporate personhood at the Supreme Court. A network of spies run by Duane R. Clarridge shows how private citizens can exploit the chaos of rivalries inside the government to carry out their agenda. Does Nikki Haley, the new governor of South Carolina, signal a fundamental change in the GOP’s relationship with women, and in the GOP itself? L. Randall Wray advances three fundamental propositions regarding money. Sit, stay, parse, good girl: A border collie knows 1,022 proper nouns, a record that displays the unexpected depths of the canine mind. A review of The Philosophy of Wine: A Case of Truth, Beauty and Intoxication by Cain Todd. Does self-help actually help anyone?
