Straight
Reviewing Hanne Blanke’s "Straight - The Surprisingly Short History of Heterosexuality"
On the Newsstand:society
Bangladesh: Sinking and Dragging India Down?
Bangladeshi immigration has caused problems in modern day India.
The Israeli Defense Force and National Identity
Israeli army service is as much about building a cohesive identity as it is about national defense.
Earth Summit Part II: Of Ethics and Markets
The Earth Summit and its participants consider the ethical and economic implications of their sustainability initiatives.
Nepali Democracy’s Ethnic Challenge
As Nepal experiments with federal reform, the dangerous prospect of a system along ethnic lines looms large.
Lowered Sights
America might not be a country in decline, but we seem to have given up on big dreams.
Harvard Discriminates Against Everyone
Making sense of discrimination in the college admissions process
The Sanctions Fallacy: Iran and Japan
The disadvantages of imposing sanctions too often go unexamined.
Bloodsport and the NFL’s Bottom Line
I wrote a couple months ago about how the NFL’s hesitance to release its All-22 footage betrayed the league’s keen awareness of the marketing problems that football’s extreme violence could cause it. Bill Simmons over at Highbrow-Sports-wannabe Grantland penned an incisive send up of the hypocrisy that the recent bounty scandal demonstrates. Simmons eviscerates Commissioner Goodell, and takes the league ... Read More
Madness, Exposed
The NBA should ditch the requirement that players attend a year of college before entering the draft.
The Imperfect Liberalism of Better Angels
We have to abandon the sacred cows that Pinker chooses to spare.
