Matthew Feinberg (Toronto) and Elisabeth Wehling (UC-Berkeley): A Moral House Divided: How Idealized Family Models Impact Political Cognition. Dexter Filkins on a Saudi prince’s quest to remake the Middle East. The Oklahoma teachers’ strike is a mutiny against austerity. Facebook fallout deals blow to Mercers’ political clout. The prequel boom: Why do studios keep doing prequels if fans hate them, and why do fans hate them so much in the first place? Beware economists who warn of an entitlement explosion. The angry American Chopper argument meme has gone meta. Do patents invent innovation? They’re a common index of technological creativity, but research finds they can impede rather than encourage it.
