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Still-ambiguous legacy

Richard H. Pildes (NYU): Law and the President. Art over culture: A review of Why Lyrics Last: Evolution, Cognition, and Shakespeare’s Sonnets by Brian Boyd, Wired for Culture: Origins of the Human Social Mind by Mark Pagel, and The Age of Insight: The Quest to Understand the Unconscious in Art, Mind, and Brain, from Vienna 1900 to the Present by Eric R. Kandel. Scientists read monkeys' minds, see what they're planning to do before they do it. While Vatican insiders jockey for power and speculate on his successor, Joseph Ratzinger has withdrawn to focus on his still-ambiguous legacy. The more people criticize Benedict XVI, the more people flock to listen to him. Rebecca Wesson Darwin launched Garden and Gun in 2007 with the purpose of establishing something that reflected the Southern lifestyle in a sophisticated and charming way.