Marshall Auerback | New Economic Perspectives | 21 May 2012 Germany has done exceptionally well out of the euro project. And now with Greece in crisis they find themselves with much to lose. Syriza leader, Alexis Tsipras, clearly recognises this. And he's prepared to use it against them Comments Benjamin Wallace-Wells | New York | 20 May 2012 Romney: Father, son and ghost. How much does the life and experience of George Romney, failed candidate for Republican nomination in 1968, explain motivation and electoral strategy of his son Mitt? Comments Michael Wolff | MIT Tech Review | 22 May 2012 Against Facebook. Provocative from the off: "Facebook is not only on course to go bust, but will take the rest of the ad-supported Web with it." It's a marketing business, run by geeks. It's not the next Google, it's the next AOL Comments Leon Neyfakh | Boston Globe | 20 May 2012 Dan Rothstein believes we need to learn to question more effectively. It's a skill that should be considered as important as literacy or numeracy. “It’s essential to democracy. You want citizens to be able to ask good questions" Comments Jerry Adler & Andrew Lawler | Smithsonian | 22 May 2012 Archaeologists believe chickens were first domesticated not for eating but for cockfighting. Today they're "cogs in a system designed to convert grain into protein with staggering efficiency". What happened inbetween? Comments Jonathan Jones | Guardian | 22 May 2012 There is something exhilarating about a truly hostile review, whether deserved or not. This one begins: "The last time I saw paintings as deluded as Damien Hirst's latest works, the artist's name was Saif al-Islam Gaddafi" Comments | 
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