Ciara Hackett (QUB): Responding to Crisis: When the Telephone Fails. Gillian K. Hadfield (USC) and Barry R. Weingast (Stanford): Microfoundations and the Rule of Law. The miraculousness of the commonplace: Morgan Meis on remembering Arthur Danto. Locked in the cabinet: Glenn Thrush on the worst job in Barack Obama’s Washington. Jason Fagone on how High Times magazine may be the most influential publication of our era. Kenneth Roth on the NSA’s global threat to free speech. From New York, the idea of starting a (non-digital) magazine in this day and age seems downright insane — and yet, for those keeping score at the newsstand, dozens upon dozens of them have sprung up in the past few years. Aya Lowe on how remote islands are coping with Typhoon Haiyan's devastation. From UN Dispatch, Mark Leon Goldberg on how the UN responds when a massive disaster strikes; and the UN thinks you should give a crap (and more on World Toilet Day). Barrett Brown is bored out of his mind in jail. Neil Irwin on everything you need to know about JPMorgan’s $13 billion settlement. Kate Wong on why the U.S. destroyed its ivory stockpile. Jonathan Zakarin on how to write an awesome movie, according to some of Hollywood's best writers. Who are the six greatest living artists? This provocative, perhaps unanswerable question is worth asking for what it reveals about a cultural arena in which money and fame often seem to be the paramount obsessions.
