Yue Yang (Guangzhou): Human Nature: The Foundation of Politics and Law. From Axess, a special issue on the longing for slowness, including Helena Granstrom on the paradox of slowness; and Thomas Nydahl on another world, another rhythm. Why slow matters: If we are on a slow, winding, and undependable road to tomorrow, as I assert, how does that change things? The neuroscience of distance and desire warning: What you want is not as close as it appears. We are all whores in one way or another, whether it’s for a company, to sell ads in a print publication or for blog post money. What might a glut of hydrocarbons in the Gulf of Mexico — and a dearth of them on Saturn's moon, Titan — imply about humanity's long-term prospects? Political Violence for Dummies: German authorities are concerned about Prisma, a far-Left terror manual. It's time for legislators to look more closely at familial searches of DNA databases. The end of the world as we know it: Forget man-made threats — the catalyst for the apocalypse will come from outer space. War correspondent Nir Rosen embeds where others won’t. I'm a traveler, you're a tourist: Please go away. From the Journal of World-Systems Research, a special issue on social forums, movements, and place. A review of Why We Lie by Dorothy Rowe. Victims of pain and blind justice: An article on fighting California’s Three Strike Law. When it comes to religious fundamentalisms women's rights activists say Shakespeare was wrong: the way we name things does affect the way we engage with them — to address the phenomenon more effectively, it's better to use the duck test. Necessary changes of mind: Michael Kazin on Leon Wieseltier (and a response). Butt of the joke: Why do kids laugh at poop?
