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Living the dream

A new issue of the Southern Poverty Law Center's Intelligence Report is out. From a special series by the journal Rationality, Markets and Morals, Andrew Gelman (Columbia): Induction and Deduction in Bayesian Data Analysis; and Stephen Senn (Glasgow): You May Believe You Are a Bayesian But You Are Probably Wrong. The hijab is the most powerful item of clothing in secular Western society — and the least understood. Historical Amnesias: An interview with Paul Connerton, author of “Seven Types of Forgetting”. Brute force or intelligence: Matthew Lasar on the slow rise of computer chess. Living at the edge of the world: Sharon Blackie on the crofting life and its meaning. Alec MacGillis on the Permanent Candidate: What’s driving Rick Perry? From the Utopian, Ron Tabor on the leadership crisis of the US ruling class. Hayek and Hip-Hop: How a South Bronx conservative shook up the right. Why is Sean Hannity so mad you're having sex? 5 ways conservatives attack sexual freedom. Corey Robin on what the Right really thinks about sex. From New York, the last thing child-welfare supervisor Chereece Bell wanted to see was what happened to 4-year-old Marchella Pierce — the last thing she expected was to go to jail for it. Why political reformers should be careful what they wish for: Once seen as a way to ensure fair elections, closed primaries have become a main contributor to the polarization of American politics. Designing a smarter patient: The hidden influences that sway our medical decisions. Here are 5 mind blowing things crowds do better than experts. The Man With the $16 House: A house in the 'burbs, a swimming pool and something for nothing — Squatter Ken Robinson's living the dream. A review of The Golden Empire: Spain, Charles V, and the Creation of America by Hugh Thomas.