David Alan Sklansky (UC-Berkeley): Confined, Crammed, and Inextricable: What The Wire Gets Right. Wolfgang Streeck (Max Planck): Institutions in History: Bringing Capitalism Back In. From Reason, an interview with Stewart Rhodes, founder of Oath Keepers. From Details, even though a jury found him not guilty, Kevin Driscoll must now live with one of the last indelible taints in society — the rape accusation. From FDL, a book panel on Crashing the Tea Party: Mass Media and the Campaign to Remake American Politics by Paul Street and Anthony DiMaggio. Too hard for science? Seeing if 10,000 hours make you an expert. From Swans, a tribute to the engine that became the nation's promise to a dead and visionary president's goal: the F-1 rocket engine, an authentic testament to human ingenuity and perseverance (and part 2). Sex, shame, and military might: What "character issues" come into play involving an individual’s complicity in the maintenance of blood-fueled imperium? After the 2008 election, conservatives learned to talk about race and gender — but not race and gender equality. It took a Miami New Times reporter just eight days and $399 in cash to obtain a high school diploma from the InterAmerican Christian Academy — using coursework completed by an 8-year-old girl.
