From the inaugural issue of Spirituality Studies, Adrian Slavkovsky (Trnava): The Holy and Dirty Money of Faith: Shapes of Religion in Contemporary Society; and there is nothing to limit our freedom: Pavol Remias and Daniel Cvecko interview Sando Kaisen. Louis Menand reviews Patriotic Betrayal: The Inside Story of the CIA’s Secret Campaign to Enroll American Students in the Crusade Against Communism by Karen M. Paget (and more and more). A stint in the slammer convinced the conservative author that liberals are crooks: Chris Lehmann reviews Stealing America: What My Experience with Criminal Gangs Taught Me About Obama, Hillary and the Democratic Party by Dinesh D’Souza. Claire Provost and Matt Kennard on the obscure legal system that lets corporations sue countries: Fifty years ago, an international legal system was created to protect the rights of foreign investors — today, as companies win billions in damages, insiders say it has got dangerously out of control.
