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Day of destiny

A new issue of the Journal of Humanistic and Social Studies is out. From International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Gilda Sedgh, Susheela Singh, Stanley K. Henshaw and Akinrinola Bankole (Guttmacher): Legal Abortion Worldwide in 2008: Levels and Recent Trends. Peter Singer weighs in on infanticide paper. Here's why the government thinks it can kill you overseas. Leaked e-mails suggest bin Laden not buried at sea? Spying on the Koch Brothers: Michael Mechanic goes inside the discreet retreat where the elite meet to plot Barack Obama's defeat. The Koch brothers have launched an extraordinary campaign to take control of the Cato Institute — will they destroy it? (and more and more) Scotland's "Day of Destiny": On October 18, 2014, Scots will get a chance to vote for independence. In an article in the American Journal of Bioethics, Loyola bioethicist Kayhan Parsi is calling political satirist Jon Stewart "our greatest public intellectual. This is no joke." The first black Disney princess loves watermelon. Tim Tebow explains why he "Tebows" and uses Bible verses.