A new issue of Humanities Diliman is out. From Evolutionary Psychology, Alan W. Gray and Lynda G. Boothroyd (Durham): Female Facial Appearance and Health; Francis T. McAndrew (Knox) and Carin Perilloux (Texas): Is Self-sacrificial Competitive Altruism Primarily a Male Activity?; and a review of Altruism in Humans by C. Daniel Batson. From The New Inquiry, an interview with George Scialabba on his most recent collection of essays, The Modern Predicament, his definition of modernity, and his new work as an editor at the rebooted Baffler. Until recently, the United States has operated 22 U.S. military bases in Latin America, 800 worldwide; now there are two more, one in Chile and another in Argentina, the first in either country. Colin Firth campaign for Brazilian tribe breaks records in just 3 days. Maria Popova on 27 of history’s strangest inventions. The Atlantic’s “Money Report” is a month-long project on why things cost what they do. Matt Drudge’s rescue mission: The conservative mogul has been pumping traffic to the Washington Times — where two of his editors write columns.
