A new issue of New Internationalist is out. Pamela Samuelson (UC-Berkeley): The Google Book Settlement as Copyright Reform. Jimmy Carter says he's "superior" to other U.S. ex-presidents, but on the world stage, he's got some tough competition. Me, Myself and My Stranger: An article on understanding the neuroscience of selfhood. Why do we believe what we believe? Kris Notaro investigates. James Ledbetter on the troubling disappearance of salesmen and how it helps explain America's economic woes. Lewis Lapham on "the end of capitalism": The former longtime editor of Harper's discusses the possibility that America's economic system will go extinct. How a bookseller in Willow Creek caused the biggest Bigfoot forum on the web to be shut down — or did he? Devaditya Chakravarti on the politics around the assassination of Gandhi. Regulatory Blowout: A look at how regulatory failures made the BP disaster possible, and how the system can be fixed to avoid a recurrence. A review of A Renegade History of the United States by Thaddeus Russell (and more). Brad DeLong on the tax debate we are not having: Can a great nation remain great while its leaders spout talking points and evade reality? Jesse Bering on an ode to the many evolved virtues of human semen. Atlas Obscura visits Puzzlewood, the mysterious and fantastical woodland inspiration for The Lord of the Rings. Can Americans rightsize their desires? From Yes! magazine, a look at 10 Resilient Ideas: Ideas for building resilience from communities across the country. "Dear Hannah Arendt": An article on the correspondence between Leni Yahil and Hannah Arendt, 1961-1971. From Catapult, a special issue on weight: What kinds of heaviness do we solemnly accept? What kinds do we fight as if our lives depend on it?
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