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Change has come

A new issue of Air and Space Power Journal is out. Individual and Society: Ivonaldo Leite on the dialectical conception of history. The love that dares to constitute an evolutionary mystery: A review of Animal Homosexuality: A Biosocial Perspective by Aldo Poiani. In Kyrgyzstan, bride kidnapping is considered an old tradition. Demography favors Democrats, as the influence of Latinos and millennials grows, while geography favors the GOP, as the fastest-growing states are solid red — a look at America’s political horizon. The new census data may favor Republicans, but long-term demographic trends favor Democrats. Geocurrents takes a look at the oddities and anomalies of Svalbard. Understanding "Ba Ba Ba": Research is teasing apart the phonetic components of babble, along with the interplay of neurologic, cognitive and social factors. Look: What your reaction to someone's eye movements says about your politics. Change has come to the entertainment industry: The story of what did happen, and what the pirate kings have done since then, is highly instructive if you want to understand what's going on in the digital world right now. Anonymous Hedge Fund Manager is a recently retired financial wizard and co-author with n+1 of Diary of a Very Bad Year: Confessions of an Anonymous Hedge Fund Manager (and part 2). Narrative dignity, hidden memories: Ariel Dorfman on a meditation on reconciliation, from Chile to South Africa and Beyond.