Zephyr Teachout (Fordham): The Historical Roots of Citizens United v. FEC: How Anarchists and Academics Accidentally Created Corporate Speech Rights. If you could travel back in time, what would be your destination?: America, c. 15,000 BC: Lucy Kellaway argues that if you want to live with equality and good health, you need to be a hunter-gatherer; Japan, 784-1185: The Heian era woos Robert Guest with its devotion to high art, love poetry and casual sex; Russia, 1870s-1900s: Pre-revolutionary Russia may have been tough, but for Arkady Ostrovsky it can't be beaten for art, ideas and fiery politics; Princeton, 1949: J.M. Ledgard opts for a sense of freedom, possibility and run-ins with Albert Einstein; and early childhood: For Ann Wroe, life is best when the world is simple, new and there to be discovered. In the 19th century, Baudelaire struggled with the private/public divide — in the 21st, we all do. Written on the wall: Roger Gastman on a tumultuous year, told through the scrawls and murals of the people living through it (and more and more). An interview with Barbara Will, author of Unlikely Collaboration: Gertrude Stein, Bernard Fay, and the Vichy Dilemma. The United Nations launches a social media campaign to encourage people to get involved in the global human rights movement. Want to keep track of Santa this Christmas? There’s an app for that. Here is a list of 7 obnoxious behaviors that should be punishable by death.
