Philip Balsiger (EUI): Competing Tactics: How the Interplay of Tactical Approaches Shapes Movement Outcomes on the Market for Ethical Fashion. Numidas Prasarn on the evolution of fashion as a signifier. How did "fix the debt" become "protect the Bush tax cuts"? A group devoted to reducing the deficit shouldn't embrace the irresponsible tax cuts that created most of it. From The Hairpin, Stella Forstner writes a series on her experience with Scientology. Kevin Kelly on the average place on Earth. Stacy Edgar reviews Politics in Deeply Divided Societies by Adrian Guelke. Creating a global language archive: For most of us, the language we speak is like the air we breathe — but what happens when we wake up and find that our air is going extinct? "Merchants of Death": Jonathan Grant on the international traffic in arms. Ron Paul's farewell speech in Congress lays bare his hatred for "pure democracy," and love of oligarchy. From Books and Culture, David Lyle Jeffrey on beauty in an ugly time: Rouault and Chagall. Stephen T. Asma writes in defense of favoritism (and more). Here is an open letter to Mauro E. Mujica, chairman of U.S. English Inc.
