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Matthew Saul (Oslo): The Practice of Shared Responsibility in Relation to Internationally Administered Territories. Ana Swanson on how one chart captures why China’s letting families have more kids. Reality sucks: Leading GOP candidates aren’t at war with the press — they just have a problem with the truth. The problem for Republicans is that substantive questions about their policy proposals end up sounding like hostile attacks — but that's because the policy proposals are ridiculous, not because the questions are actually unfair. Alex Pareene on why Jeb Bush should become a Democrat. Will Paul Ryan be the next Newt Gingrich? The magic of the free market has eliminated the problem of anti-LGBT discrimination in the workplace, without any onerous regulations, just like it eliminated racial discrimination without burdensome civil-rights laws. The attack on Germaine Greer shows identity politics has become a cult. Cory Doctorow on promoting statistical literacy: A modest proposal.