From Modern Age, a special issue on education as a political issue, including Robert Koons (Texas): The war of the three humanisms: Irving Babbitt and the recovery of classical learning; Jeffrey Polet (Hope): Christianity and the cultivation of global citizens; RV Young (NCSU): The liberal arts and the loss of cultural memory; and Carl Bankston (Tulane): Federal control of public schools and the decline of community. Will Lance Armstrong wind up behind bars? (and more by Dave Zirin) An internal NATO memo shows just how worried the alliance is about cyber threats and how it plans to confront them "head-on". Michael Lind on Niall Ferguson and the brain-dead American right: The British historian owes his celebrity here to the absence of authentic American conservative intellectuals. From New Scientist, genes, germs and the origins of politics: A controversial new theory claims fear of infection makes the difference between democracy and dictatorship. How do you fix a troubled marriage? David Brooks on how emergent thinking is essential. From The New Yorker, Kelefa Sanneh on the strange fate of reality TV. The year that TV actually got it right: It wasn’t last year, it probably won’t be this year — when was it? From Cato Unbound, Bryan Caplan on population, fertility, and liberty. The debt is not nearly as scary as you think: Government budgets are absolutely nothing like a household budget, and here are five reasons why. Embrace the inner loser: It's the unpopular kids, with their quirky traits, who become successful adults. Perverse Incentives: Gynecologists cash in on an intimate new market. Is the biggest threat to Speaker of the House John Boehner the "young guns" in his own party? The Odorants in Deodorants: Elisa Gabbert sniffs those most populist of perfumes — the ones we rub under our arms.
