Philip Auerswald | American Interest | 16 April 2012 "For most of the past two centuries Malthusian fears of demographic doom have obscured the increasingly evident fact of a global demographic dividend." Fine essay explains why a growing population will change the world for better Comments Joe Hagan | Texas Monthly | 16 April 2012 Eight years ago Dan Rather accused President George Bush of using National Guard service to dodge the Vietnam draft. The story blew up in Rather's face. His documents were fakes. Now, with Bush retired, the true story can be told Comments Eric Ellis | Global Mail | 16 April 2012 In three decades the Almeria region of south-east Spain has been transformed from one of the country's poorest regions to one of the richest. Wealth has been driven by the horticulture industry. And very cheap illegal African labour Comments Juan Cole | TomDispatch | 12 April 2012 "Economic war will not take down the Iranian government or bring it to the bargaining table on its knees ready to surrender its nuclear programme. It might, however, lead to actual armed conflict." (Starts after six-paragraph intro) Comments Adam Piore | Discover | 16 April 2012 "Never before has it been so easy to obtain the instructions, precursor molecules, and manufacturing capabilities to produce exotic, unregulated compounds on a mass scale." Welcome to the dangerous world of underground chemistry Comments Michael Shapiro | Columbia Journalism Review | 16 April 2012 Monumental essay on origins, development of The Huffington Post. Excellent analysis throughout. "It iterated. It did not try to eliminate the possibility of failure. It did something different. It embraced it" Comments | 
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