The inaugural issue of The Irish Anarchist Review is out. Table soccer aims to be taken seriously as a sport. From First Monday, a special issue on the digital habitat. Rules for drone wars: An interview with Philip Alston, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions. Philip Bump on Michael Kinsley, opinion, and the evolution of media. From Monitor on Psychology, Daniel Gilbert discusses how his research on happiness changed his own life; the work of Norman R.F. Maier offers an example of how those at the core of the discipline of psychology can thwart those who challenge mainstream views; and Little Albert regains his identity: One of psychology's greatest mysteries appears to have been solved. From JWSR, a review essay on fair trade coffee books. What do we really know about the crucifixion of Jesus? Yasha Levine on Manhattan’s Welfare Kings: How billionaires turned farms into personal tax havens and petty cash machines, allowing them to give less, while taking more. From Forbes, a special report on 25 Ideas to Change the World: Luminaries take on problems from poverty to violence to finance. From the Saturday Evening Post, a look at America’s century of oil problems. Gasbags: Politicians, oilmen, and green-energy boosters love to invoke the idea of energy security — none of them know what they're talking about. A review of American Insurgents, American Patriots: The Revolution of the People by T.H. Breen (and more). At the World Cup, the empire strikes back: The tournament allows former colonies to face their colonizers on a level playing field. Right life in the wrong life: Joachim Gauck talks about Ossis and Wessis, opposition, conformism, and the long-term psychological effects of a dictatorial regime.
