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From the Journal of Political and Military Sociology, Mathias Kaelberer (Memphis): Markets, State and Societies in the Governance of Money. Green Old Party: What would a conservative environmentalist agenda look like? A review of Law as a Means to an End: Threat to the Rule of Law by Brian Z. Tamanaha. When it comes to indexing you can't beat the human touch, but search engines are starting to have power over the knowledge we receive. From Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics, a special issue on the use and misuse of bibliometric indices in evaluating scholarly performance. Obama vs. Osama: Is Afghanistan the right war, or will it become Obama's quagmire? From Arts & Opinion, Wendy McElroy writes in defense of pornography; and with cardio striptease classes at health clubs, has the erotic imagination of women ever been more flat? A review of Trusting Doctors: The Decline of Moral Authority in American Medicine by Jonathan B. Imber. Speculation, innovation, regulation: A look at Reason's 40 years of covering science and technology. America's most wanted: Aafia Siddiqui is "the most dangerous woman in the world". A review of The Irish Americans: A History by Jay P. Dolan. More on Physics for Future Presidents: The Science behind the Headlines by Richard A. Muller.