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The thick of controversies

Francesco Di Iorio (Duke): Hayek's the Sensory Order and Gadamer's Phenomenological Hermeneutics. The UN International Labour Organization creates a new guide aims to eliminate child slavery, prostitution. Intellectuals and politics: A scholar of intellectual history, Cambridge professor Stefan Collini has entered the thick of controversies over higher education in England. Mark Leon Goldberg on a no-win situation in Syria for the UN and international law. Why won't Obama explain his grand strategy? Stephen Walt wants to know. The Impeachniks Roar: Before you know it, every Republican member of Congress is going to have to take a stand. Why do haters have to hate? Newly identified personality trait holds clues. Vogue makes a complete joke out of Google, and Google doesn’t even notice. Jannis Bruhl on why NSA snooping is a bigger deal in Germany. After slaying of Christopher Lane, Rightbloggers revive the old Ooga Booga. The Monkey Cage blog is moving to the Washington Post. David Carr on how the war on leaks is pitting journalist vs. journalist. Max Fisher on the simple case for (and against) limited U.S. strikes on Syria. Senator Rand Paul says food stamps are just like slavery. Yes, Greenwald is a journalist: The First Amendment doesn't discriminate against being anti-establishment, activist or working for a foreign outlet. Meet the Dread Pirate Roberts, the man behind booming black market drug website Silk Road.