From the latest issue of Policy Review, Mark P. Lagon and William F. Schulz on conservatives, liberals, and human rights; and Ronald W. Dworkin on retirement and the social contract. From National Affairs, Tevi Troy on Devaluing the Think Tank. From Revolution, Bob Avakian, Chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA , has some "tips for Tim Tebow" (and more); an open letter to Angelina Jolie on her The Land of Blood and Honey; Raymond Lotta on the sham and shame of Slavoj Zizek's "honest pessimism"; and should a woman feel sad about her abortion? Sunsara Taylor says fuck no. The next president, whoever he is, will enjoy a “recovery presidency,” and so too will his party — and that makes the 2012 election really, really important. What if Obama loses? A series on imagining the consequences of a GOP victory. Ramon Glazov on Papua New Guinea through the eye of a pig. Why teen pot smoking could be a good thing (and what we can learn from teens who choose weed over beer). Anne E. Lester on her book Creating Cistercian Nuns: The Women’s Religious Movement and Its Reform in Thirteenth-Century Champagne.
