Anatol Lieven | NYRB | 20 January 2012 Wide-ranging review-essay. In brief: Western occupation of Afghanistan has been even more incompetent and self-destructive than the Soviet one. We've reached deadlock with Taliban. So talk to them. Make it a peaceful deadlock Comments Alexandra Alter | WSJ | 20 January 2012 Intriguing look at a new generation of "enhanced e-books". Digital titles that include videos, songs, animated graphics, all woven into the text. Do they represent the future of publishing? Or will they struggle to go mainstream? Comments Theodore Dalrymple | Telegraph | 18 January 2012 On courage and duty in the workplace. What does an employer have the right to expect? How do any of us know how we'll react when tested? And what happens afterwards? Costa Concordia captain's story is all too human Comments Richard Marshall | 3AM Magazine | 20 January 2012 Fascinating interview with philosopher Eric Schwitzgebel. "There’s no way to develop an ambitious, broad-ranging, self-consistent metaphysical system without doing serious violence to common sense somewhere. It's just impossible" Comments Jeffrey Frankel | Project Syndicate | 20 January 2012 "Will China experience a hard landing? Will a decline in commodity prices hit Latin America? Will the European Union’s sovereign-debt woes spread to neighbours such as Turkey?" Here's a theory suggesting the answer "yes" Comments Faramerz Dabhoiwala | Guardian | 20 January 2012 Fine essay on the origins of sexual liberation. In mid-seventeenth century adulterers, if caught, were simply executed. But within a hundred years, everything had changed. Even pregnant brides were commonplace. Why the turnaround? Comments | 
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