From Esquire, former defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld has always answered his detractors by claiming that history will one day judge him kindly, but what are the critics saying?; and Thomas PM Barnett on seven reasons why Obama's nuke-free utopia won't work. From Haaretz, a look at how think tank researchers, funded by US neocons, are now carving Israeli policy. From Lost, Simon Critchley on the death of Pythagoras — if he ever lived. A review of Deconstructing the Republic: Voting Rights, the Supreme Court, and the Founders’ Republicanism Reconsidered by Anthony A. Peacock (and more and more and more and more and more on the Voting Rights Act). From Newsweek, an interview with Portfolio's Joanne Lipman on her magazine's failure, the future of the industry and what's she plans on doing next; and can anything save magazines? Why higher cover and subscription prices might work. From New Matilda, an article on PJ O'Rourke and the gift of right wing humour. Kick Grant off the $50 bill: Let’s replace him with Frederick Douglass, an American who shows our best side. From Good, a special issue on transportation: Visionary ideas for the coming transportation revolution. Gun control without gun laws: How Obama can use government procurement regulations to limit gun violence.
