From Harper's, Scott Horton on The Guantanamo “Suicides”: A Camp Delta sergeant blows the whistle. Endearingly quaint, unbearably wholesome, those 20 minutes before bed remain sacred: Enter the political children’s book. Theoretical biologist Stuart Kauffman argues that quantum physics can explain the existence of free will. From the International Journal of Motorcycle Studies, Lisa MacKinney "Mmmm, he's good-bad but he's not evil": The Shangri-Las, "Leader of the Pack," and the Cultural Context of the Motorcycle Rider; Barbara Brodman (NSU): The Motorcyclist as Revolutionary: Looking for Mr. Guevara; a special section on The Wild One (1953); an interview with Sputnik, Chairman of the Texas Motorcycle Rights Association; a review of Bodies in Motion: Evolution and Experience in Motorcycling by Steven L. Thompson; a review of Harley-Davidson and Philosophy: Full-Throttle Aristotle; and Adrien Litton on finding the Zen in motorcycling. Michael Totten interviews Christopher Hitchens (and part 2). Does environmentalism destroy the world?: Open Democracy and Resurgence launch the "Dictionary of Ethical Politics" to explore how our political concepts can cope with the end of the limitless. ResearchBlogging.org’s content editors on how they select the best blog posts, the value of research blogging, and their predictions for the coming year. It is time to take a closer look at the crying scene in New York. New Scientist takes a look at the enigma of the 23-year-old baby. Research suggests prejudice towards migrants stems partly from the fact that they're awkward to think about.
