William Langewiesche | Vanity Fair | 10 April 2012 "It is an understanding, a way of justice, a means of creating wealth and spreading it around. It has been a part of life in Naples for centuries—far longer than the fragile construct called Italy has even existed" Comments Tom Murphy | Do The Math | 10 April 2012 Can economic growth continue indefinitely? No, said the physicist to the economist. And here, in a delightful re-creation of a recent dinner conversation between the two, is why not Comments Aaron David Miller | Foreign Policy | 11 April 2012 Do you think a second-term Obama presidency, freed from re-election concerns, will tackle Netanyahu and push for Middle East peace? Here's why it won't happen (and it's not because of the Israel lobby) Comments Robert Zubrin | New Atlantis | 11 April 2012 Remarkable essay on disturbing history and politics of the "population control movement", from US to China. Pseudoscience of Malthus led to billions of ruined lives globally. The lesson? Side with human ingenuity, not antihumanism Comments Guy Adams | Independent | 6 April 2012 Marty Rathbun spent 27 years with L Ron Hubbard's crowd. Oversaw sensitive legal campaigns, even mentored Tom Cruise. Fled, disillusioned in 2004. Dropped off radar for five years; emerged as outspoken critic of his former "church" Comments Walter Kirn | GQ | 9 April 2012 Mitt Romney does not feel your pain. There again, neither does Barack Obama. But who says voters want familiarity and empathy anyway? It wasn't on offer from FDR or JFK. Truth is, Americans want to salute their leaders, not hug them Comments Jonah Lehrer | Guardian | 6 April 2012 "'It's just this sense that you got something to say.' What he felt was the itch of an imminent insight, the tickle of lyrics that needed to be written down. 'I found myself writing this song, this story, this long piece of vomit'" Comments Stephen Marche | Atlantic | 12 April 2012 "We are living in an isolation that would have been unimaginable to our ancestors, and yet we have never been more accessible." Research suggests we're becoming more lonely, and that's making us ill. Is social media to blame? Comments | 
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