Christian Bjornskov (Aarhus) Jacob Mchangama (Freedom Rights Project): Do Social Rights Affect Social Outcomes? Nuno P. Monteiro (Yale) and Alexandre Debs (MIT): The Strategic Logic of Nuclear Proliferation. From The Christian Post, Noah Beck says Obama's Iran moves could start World War III. Did JFK really save the world from nuclear annihilation, and was he a liberal? Rick Perlstein investigates. From The Washington Post, a special issue on new books on John F. Kennedy. Lisa Larson-Walker on capturing present-day photos of the iconic scenes of JFK’s assassination. Obamacare, too small to succeed? Richard Kim on how the problems with the Affordable Care Act stem from government being too weak and underfunded, not too big to manage. Clay Shirky on healthcare.gov and the gulf between planning and reality. I just lost my insurance because of Obamacare — what do I do? Jonathan Cohn on a step-by-step guide to replacing your health insurance. Has BP hired internet "trolls" to threaten critics of its handling of the 2010 oil disaster? Dahr Jamail investigates. What happened at Manhattan's Zen Studies Society? Mark Oppenheimer on the Zen Buddhist who preyed on his Upper East Side students. From Vanity Fair, Josh Duboff on Miley vs. Katy vs. Gaga: A statistical breakdown of this fall’s pop star diva-off; and Hollywood feuds are having a moment, thanks to Clooney, DiCaprio, and Downey Jr.
