Virgil Henry Storr (GMU): Economist as Pastor, Preacher, and Most Importantly, Theologian. Jenara Nerenberg goes inside the United Nations' innovation overhaul: A project called "Global Pulse" is quietly building and taking hold inside one of the world's largest bureaucracies. Once upon a time, and not so long ago in political terms, the Anglo-American world was joined at the hip, and the surgical pin that held the two together was "conservatism"; the recent mid-term election demonstrates that is no longer the case. From Broken Pencil, indie won, now what? When the "indie" aesthetic becomes the mainstream, what happens to "indie"? The safest place in Somalia: Dr. Hawa Abdi took it upon herself to start a civil society on her land, complete with a justice system that imprisons men who beat their wives. The "No Wedding, No Womb" campaign makes a classic mistake: shaming women for their sexuality instead of asking how to improve outcomes for children of single-parent households. North America remains easily the most favored continent both by demography and resources — the political party that harnesses this reality will own the political future. Steve Cohen on the case for anonymous juries: They will improve the integrity of the judicial process. The New Big Tobacco: National Post goes inside Canada’s underground tobacco industry, a five-part series. Most people outside academia are totally unaware of what professors go through to get a single course approved — there are probably a million fabulous pop culture-savvy course proposals out there that get squashed every semester. The age of cheap oil is over: Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed on how there is no time for denial — governments and communities need to start adapting now (and more).
