A new issue of the Journal of Conflictology is out. David Sirota on the ridiculous third party rallying cry: Bloomberg and Friedman pretend partisan fighting is ruining our country — the real problem is too much consensus. The Centrist Cop-Out: Placing blame equally on Democrats and Republicans for the stalemate over the debt crisis only encourages more bad behavior. Norman Ornstein on the public approval consequences of the debt ceiling debate. Sexy doesn't always sell: When do beautiful models help? From Social Ecology, Carmelo Ruiz-Marrero on North and South, ecology and justice (and part 2 and part 3). Is a sane president bad for the country? In A First-Rate Madness, Nassir Ghaemi argues that George W. Bush’s presidency was a failure because he was too mentally healthy. Occultural Studies 3.0: Demonology is not simply the study of demons, but of noise's assault on signal — a media theory avant la lettre. Moody's Blues: Everyone hates the credit rating agencies, but will fixing them just make things worse? For a special anniversary issue, This magazine profiles individuals and organizations who are doing the most exciting, creative, and important work in politics, activism, art, and more. When is profligate government spending not a crime against the American public? When it's done in a GOP freshman's district. Why fiction is good for you: Forget moral edification — psychological research shows literature’s mind-altering effects. Wired goes inside Darpa’s secret Afghan spy machine. When an upstate imam named Yassin Aref was convicted on a suspect terrorism charge, he was sent to a secretive prison denounced by civil libertarians as a Muslim quarantine. Alana Lentin and Gavan Titley on their book The Crises of Multiculturalism: Racism in a Neoliberal Age. Why is a touch on the arm so persuasive?
