From YaleGlobal, an article on the limits of growth: Economic crisis, an area where humans wield great control, should not take priority over the climate-change crisis (and part 2). It is an economic state of nature we live in right now, and Hobbes and Locke point the direction. From FP, an interview with Matthew Waxman on how to close Gitmo (in six easy steps). How to deal with pirates: The rise of piracy is threatening international trade and raising complex questions; the only way to end the scourge is to respond aggressively. What's with this piratomania? Why do pirates have us hooked? Linton Weeks wants to know (but do check your pirate insurance). Here are 5 myths about our ailing health-care system. Let the guy smoke: Obama is probably fibbing about giving up cigarettes — that's okay. A review of Try to Remember: Psychiatry's Clash Over Meaning, Memory, and Mind by Paul R McHugh. A review of books on the making of modern Hebrew. From The Economist, an article on the decline of the Republican Party. Dahlia Lithwick on why Eric Holder will have his hands full at the Justice Department. More and more and more and more and more and more and more on Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers. A review of The Superorganism: The Beauty, Elegance, and Strangeness of Insect Societies by Bert Holldobler and Edward O. Wilson.
