Christian Davenport (Notre Dame) and Molly Inman (Maryland): The Puzzle of Iraqi Mortality: Surges, Civilian Deaths and Alternative Meanings. From Big Think, an interview with Satoshi Kanazawa on evolutionary psychology. Israel is a small country, not known for its nature — but during migration, its skies fill with millions of birds traveling between Africa, Asia, and Europe. The preposterous reality: 25 hedge fund managers are worth 680,000 teachers (who teach 13 million students). A review of Dreams in Exile: Rediscovering Science and Ethics in Nineteenth-century Social Theory by George E. McCarthy. Sarah L. Courteau reviews The Food of a Younger Land by Mark Kurlansky. A review of The Yugo: The Rise and Fall of the Worst Car in History by Jason Vuic. Ever since modern diplomacy was invented in Renaissance Italy, states have found it necessary to exchange envoys for the purpose of reaching (or breaking) agreements, whether on parchment or by video conference. The rise of Public Diplomacy 2.0: The global media environment is changing — public diplomacy needs to keep up. A review of A God Who Hates: The Courageous Woman Who Inflamed the Muslim World Speaks Out Against the Evils of Islam by Wafa Sultan. More and more and more and more and more and more and more and more and more on Michael Sandel's Justice and Amartya Sen's The Idea of Justice. A review of Anton Chekhov, A Brother’s Memoir by Mikhail Chekhov (and more). Chekhov and Conservation: The great Russian author drew inspiration from the countryside and explored the practical and spiritual impact of trees on people, as well as on the environment and climate. A review of Inventing a Socialist Nation: Heimat and the Politics of Everyday Life in the GDR, 1945-1990 by Jan Palmowski.
