Adam Davidson | Atlantic | 10 January 2012 What is happening to manufacturing industry in America? And what does the future hold for those who work in it? Superbly engaging and interesting analysis told through stories of workers at South Carolina auto parts plant Comments Kathy Dobie | GQ | 10 January 2012 Spoiler alert: This story contains strippers, guns and car chases. Lives of three siblings from Florida career out of control after comparatively small offence results in legal catch-22. Fifteen-state crime spree follows Comments Jonah Lehrer | Grantland | 10 January 2012 Outstanding exploration of concussion dangers in (American) football. Focuses on high school players, whose adolescent brains appear particularly susceptible to long-term damage. And here's why new helmet technology doesn't help Comments Carolyn Abraham | Globe & Mail | 7 January 2012 "We now have the potential to banish genes that kill us, make us susceptible to cancer, heart disease, depression, addictions, obesity, and to select those that may make us healthier, stronger, more intelligent." But should we? Comments Rosemary Hill | LRB | 5 January 2012 Long essay which will tell you, most pleasurably, everything about the life and times of Capability Brown, landscape architect. Victim of his own success. Laid out so many gardens in 18C England that his style became a cliché Comments Peter Tatchell | Huffington Post | 10 January 2012 If sexuality is a continuum ranging from exclusive heterosexuality to exclusive homosexuality, what happens as homophobia diminishes? If differences between homo and hetero no longer matter, what does it mean for sex and identity? Comments | 
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