Moldova: Anti-Government Protests Receive Little Endorsement From Netizens - For the past two weeks, Moldovans have been out in the streets, protesting. These protests, however, have received very little endorsement from Moldova's o...

Language Log: Alyssa "talks backwards" - A currently viral video: There are several different things that "talking backwards" might mean. You might produce a vocalization BACKWARDS(X) which, when ...

Readers (HUM225/HUM455) - I’ve been assured that the readers for HUM225 and HUM455 will be available in the bookstore by noon tomorrow. In the meantime, I’ve uploaded pdf versions o...

The Muppets Strike Back at Fox! - In Fox’s world, nothing good is terribly safe. Even the lovable Muppets fall under withering attack. Last month, Fox Business spent seven minutes (below) u...

Say Hello to F1000 Research - Faculty 1000 today announced *F1000 Research*, *a new fully Open Access publishing program across biology and medicine, that will start publishing later ...

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OMNIVORE: The Iran debate - How to deter Iran when it goes nuclear

Law and Disorder January 30, 2012 - Updates: Michael Smith visits political prisoner David Gilbert and discusses David’s book Love and Struggle. Genocide Bill Angers Turks – It Was Genocide R...

Are We Ready for a 'Morality Pill'? - Would it be ethical to produce, or take, a drug that makes us more likely to help others?

Campaigning vs. Governing - Whether it was the President's State of the Union or the GOP debate in Jacksonville, Florida, passions were on display this week for the President and his ...

Is Democracy Chinese? An Interview with Journalist Chang Ping - Ian Johnson *This is the fourth in an NYRblog series about the fate of democracy in different parts of the world.* Ian Johnson Chang Ping Chang Pin...

Close Encounters of the Mashco Kind - Attack by an Isolated Indigenous Group in Peru The look on Casiano’s face was beginning to worry me. He had...More

Why Are Faggots So Afraid of Faggots on TOUR!! - It’s true: the book tour for Why Are Faggots So Afraid of Faggots is about to begin! Please spread the word, and tell your local booksellers to order the b...

Consuming Space: On "blood timber", chewing gum, and free roaming hens - *Book Review. Consuming Space: Placing Consumption in Perspective edited by Michael K. Goodman, David Goodman & Michael Redclift. Ashgate, 2010.* *Terez...

Das Brand - Exploitation 2.0 If I still have you with me, by now you are probably comfortable with murkiness. As another husband-wife duo, not the Resnicks but the Co...

Women, Labor, and Capital Accumulation in Asia - One of the enduring myths about capitalism that continues to be perpetuated in mainstream economic textbooks and other pedagogic strategies is that labor s...

The Juvenile Delinquents - [image: Switchblade knife] The Holy Barbarians -- a documentary book about the beatnik scene of Venice West in Los Angeles -- was first published in 1959....