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John A. Ferejohn and Roderick M. Hills (NYU): Publius’s Political Science. Dating is drudgery: Alexandra Schwartz reviews Labor of Love: The Invention of Dating by Moira Weigel. Rights vs. duties: Samuel Moyn on reclaiming civic balance. Rick Heller interviews Mark Satin, author of New Age Politics: Our Only Real Alternative. Andrew Mitchell Davenport interviews William Egginton, author of The Man Who Invented Fiction: How Cervantes Ushered in the Modern World. Single-payer health care is more popular than ever — here are 10 questions for its future. The Do Not Call list was supposed to defeat telemarketers, now scammy robocalls are out of control — what happened? Scott McLemee reviews Terry Eagleton’s new book, Culture, which unpacks the concept in its title. The Obama years have been very good to America’s weapons makers.