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Meaning in random patterns

Paul Krugman (Princeton): The New Economic Geography, Now Middle Aged. What are humanity's most pressing concerns, and will we overcome them? New Scientist asked the world's science academies (and more by Martin Rees). From The Atlantic Monthly, this is the story of how federal authorities blew the biggest anti-terror investigation of the past decade — and nearly destroyed an innocent man, Dr. Steven J. Hatfill; and unless America stops cheering The Biggest Loser and starts getting serious about preventing obesity, the country risks being overwhelmed by chronic disease and ballooning health costs (and more and more by Marc Ambinder). From FDL, a book salon on King of the Mountain: The Nature of Political Leadership by Arnold Ludwig. From n+1, fun photo party blog photo orgy blog. Tom Goldstein on the next Justice and what to expect in the coming months. Moroccan authorities have fallen out with the new wave of free writers: Bloggers. Rebecca Donner reviews A Short History of Women by Kate Walbert. Serbs face the future: They look at Kosovo with regret — and to Europe with hope. The introduction to The Cosmopolitan Imagination: The Renewal of Critical Social Theory by Gerard Delanty. Brian May is rich and famous as a rock guitarist and songwriter for Queen, but these days he is an animal activist, concerned with the welfare of badgers about to be killed in Wales. Clothes maketh the man — to pretend otherwise is to ignore who we are. DIY culture thrives despite globalism: The very forces of globalism that were expected to erode local cultures are helping to preserve them. The world's most inappropriate government agencies: Five offices that should consider updating their image. From Skeptic, Andrew Bernardin discusses the tendency to find meaning in random patterns.