Ridvan Askin (Freiburg): Mneme, Anamnesis and Mimesis: The Function of Narrative in Paul Ricoeur’s Theory of Memory. Heather Havrilesky reviews A Ticket to the Circus by Norris Church Mailer. Lane Wallace on why we're so bad at managing risk. Niall Ferguson, the British historian most closely associated with a rightwing, Eurocentric vision of western ascendancy, is to work with the Conservatives to overhaul history in schools. Robert W. McChesney and John Bellamy Foster on capitalism, the absurd system. Dancing at the end of time: An interview with Michael Moorcock, the godfather of New Wave sci-fi. Do we really own the Arctic?: Why Canadians can’t protect the far North. Jacques Cousteau's association with nature often masks his interest in civilization. A review of A Future for Presentism by Craig Bourne. How Turkey tamed its army: Fifty years after the country's most infamous military coup, Turkey finally appears to be strenghening its democratic institutions. Fight and flight are part of the brain's automatic system for dealing with life-threatening situations, but there's more to the story: An excerpt from Extreme Fear by Jeff Wise. A Brief History of the Gaza Folly: The flotilla attack is just the latest in a series of bad decisions Israel has made about Gaza over the past five years. The experts have tried and failed to stop the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, but could the thousands of ordinary people ringing BP have the answer? Why self-help books that promise happiness are a scam. Would Jesus get a tattoo? Chuck Colson on the marks of a Christian. ACORN pimp James O’Keefe has set his sights on the U.S. Census Bureau. Matthew Frankel on why killing enemy leaders rarely works. After an 11-year hiatus, Lilith Fair is back — but do we still need an all-woman music festival?
