The Impartial Spectator: Dinesh D'Souza on a moral argument for life after death (and part 2 and part 3). A consortium of magazine publishers including Time Inc. and Conde Nast are jointly building an online newsstand for magazines in multiple digital formats. A look at why universities welcome theological colleges. From New Scientist, an article on the truth about the disappearing honeybees (and more; and more at Bookforum). The Fifty-Year War: We learned so much, at such cost, in Vietnam — why must we learn it all again in Afghanistan? A special "Helmets and Lost Planets" issue of the Annals of Improbable research is out. More on Animal Spirits by George Akerlof and Robert Shiller. No freaking way: Freak dancing at Catholic high school events, both on and off property, should be talked about. Here are 6 things your body does every day that science can't explain. A review of On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society by Dave Grossman. A look at how vegetarianism is a major step for environmental change. Ward E. Jones explores the theory of comedy with "The King of Comedy". Who needs God when we've got Mammon?: The world's most prosperous (and happiest) countries are also its least religious. Here's smug married advice to the single: Emotional risk in dating is a lot like financial risk in investing. Lorraine Bowman-Grieve (Leeds Trinity): Anti-abortion Extremism Online. A look at how the search for aliens gets harder — but more encouraging. My life as a political cartoonist: Jonathan Shapiro, better known as Zapiro, is South Africa’s top political cartoonist.
