From Commentary, Gabriel Schoenfeld writes in the matter of George W. Bush v. the Constitution; and by all means, let's have an honest conversation about race. From TNR, a look at how global warming is helping Democrats win the heartland. From The Texas Observer, John McCain is relying on ex-senator Phil Gramm, who helped bring you the mortgage crisis and Rick Perry. 20 acts of violence that say "I love you": An excerpt from Camp Camp: Where Fantasy Island Meets Lord of the Flies by Roger Bennett and Jules Shell. Rayyan Al-Shawaf reviews Origins by Amin Maalouf. From Seed, the idea of humankind as a paragon of design is called into question by the puffer fish genome - the smallest, tidiest vertebrate genome of all; and a team of physicists in Vienna has devised experiments that may answer one of the enduring riddles of science: Do we create the world just by looking at it? The X Styles: An article on how Pentagon patches betray otherwise secret missions. From The Atlantic, an article on the UN scandal that wasn't. An article on Mr. Spock and the "Mystery of Masculinity" embodied. Faulting Dog Fancy for being too commercial is like faulting your mother for inflicting childhood trauma. Why giving poor kids laptops doesn't improve their scholastic performance. Perez is Burning: Here's a personal screed against America’s celebrity blogger.
