Henry Farrell (GWU) and Melissa Schwartzberg (Columbia): Norms, Minorities, and Collective Choice Online. The borders of our minds: In the conflict between Macedonia and Greece, both sides are debating a non-existent issue. A review of Megan Basham's Beside Every Successful Man. Straight vs. Narrow: "Why the fuck do we have to keep protesting this shit?" Confessions of a lassies' man: Robert Burns’s lust for women was legendary, but does he deserve to be branded a misogynist and a scoundrel? Todd Gitlin on the rebirth of the USA. Script and scribble: Our days of mastering penmanship seem long behind us. Harlem's man with the plan: Obama's the first president in 50 years to prioritize fighting poverty — meet the man who showed him how. More on The Reagan I Knew by WFB. A review of Tim Reiterman’s Raven: The Untold Story of the Rev. Jim Jones and His People. A review of Literature, Life, and Modernity by Richard Eldridge. Motivating minds: People procrastinate when asked to think in the abstract. One track mind: Laurie Taylor hopes he’s not a running joke. From The Globalist, an article on Vaclav Klaus, Philosopher-King. From Power Line, on President Bush: An assessment. Is there a second act for George W. Bush? Here are the five things we'll miss most about Bush (and more on Bush's forgotten scandals). A look at top 10 George W. Bush YouTube moments.
