A new issue of Paranthropology: Journal of Anthropological Approaches to the Paranormal is out. Marc Champagne (Helsinki): Don’t Be an Ass: Rational Choice and Its Limits. A court in Libya has sentenced Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi, to death over war crimes. Josephine Livingstone reviews Worrying: a Literary and Cultural History by Francis O’Gorman. Andrew Rice on how Laurence Tribe, the president’s longtime confidant, became his greatest adversary on climate change. Paul Krugman on The Donald and the Delusional (and more). Trump thinks immigrants are rapists — what about married American men? Amanda Marcotte on how the public has come a long way on perceptions of rape. Rich American tourists kill hundreds of lions each year, and it’s all legal (and more). Parul Sehgal on how “privilege” became a provocation. Alex Isenstadt goes inside Rand Paul’s downward spiral: He was once a serious contender for the White House — now, his campaign is fighting over what went wrong.
