Rohith V. Srinivas (Stanford): Exploring the Potential for American Death Tourism. Jonathan Zasloff (UCLA): Why No Parliaments in the United States? Wendy Parker (Wake Forest): Juries, Race, and Gender: A Story of Today's Inequality. Dubya and Me: Over the course of a quarter-century, journalist Walt Harrington witnessed the transformation of George W. Bush. The Global West: Jonathan Thompson on how foreign investment fuels resource extraction in western states. A review of The Liberty Bell by Gary B. Nash. Texas. Business and the Literati: The business of America may be business, but the business of American literature in the past century has been largely to insist that the nation is, in pursuing business, wasting itself on unworthy objects. Ballpark Liturgy: Andrew Bacevich on America’s new civic religion. Too Good to Fail: In August 2010 the US government closed ShoreBank, one of the country’s leading social enterprises — why did ShoreBank fail, and what lessons can be learned from its 37-year record of innovation? A review of In The Courts Of The Conqueror: The 10 Worst Indian Law Cases Ever Decided by Walter Echo-Hawk. A review of Taxing the Poor: Doing Damage to the Truly Disadvantaged by Katherine S. Newman and Rourke L. O’Brien. Deliverance: The U.S. Postal Service must make massive changes if it is going to survive (and more). A nation derailed: Passenger trains were once sustainable and civilized — highway socialism changed that. From Left Turn, a special issue on The Reluctant Welfare State. Johan Thomas on the 7 most infamous U.S. public housing projects. An interview with Ben Zaricor, American flag collector. Uncle Sam Does(n’t) Want You: America's reserve army of labor marches through time. Cracked.com on 5 projects you won't believe the US government is working on.
