From the inaugural issue of International Advances in Heroism Science, Scott T. Allison (Richmond): The Initiation of Heroism Science. Frank Pasquale and Siva Vaidhyanathan on Uber and the lawlessness of “sharing economy” corporates: Companies including Airbnb and Google compare themselves to civil rights heroes, while using their popularity among consumers to nullify federal law. The Outlaw Ocean: In this series on lawlessness on the high seas, Ian Urbina reveals that crime and violence in international waters often goes unpunished (and more and more and more and more and more and more). Trump University: Libby Nelson on how Donald Trump persuaded students to pay $35,000 to become just like him (and more). Jeet Heer on National Review’s bad conscience: Why the magazine is quick to accuse liberals of fascism and Nazism. Emily Rose Lathrop on the GRE Literature subject test: What you need to know. Provocative new study finds bullies have highest self esteem, social status, lowest rates of depression.
