Yanis Varoufakis | Yanis Varoufakis | 15 June 2012 "If the essence of tragedy is good people caught up in a vicious dilemma that makes it impossible for them clearly to distinguish the virtuous from the disastrous choice, Greek voters are experiencing a very real, personal tragedy" Comments George Pendle | FT | 15 June 2012 "The urge to change the weather has existed for as long as humans have been subject to it". Plutarch believed battles could produce rain by imitating sound of thunder. Nowadays the big hope is for cloud seeding. But will it work? Comments Jane Mayer | New Yorker | 11 June 2012 Says talk-show host Bryan Fischer: "A rational culture will discriminate against adultery, pedophilia, rape, bestiality, and, yes, homosexual behavior." His goal is to make this view the official stance of the Republican Party Comments Natasha Vargas-Cooper | Spin | 14 June 2012 Will bath salts become the next devastating drug epidemic – like crack in the 1980s? "With LSD, you might see pink elephants, but with this drug, you see demons, aliens, extreme paranoia, heart attacks, and superhuman strength" Comments Pankaj Mishra | London Review Of Books | 13 June 2012 Muhammad Mossadegh was, a new biography says, the first liberal leader of the modern Middle East. He was sophisticated in his conception of liberty, more democratically minded than Ataturk. But his timing was all wrong Comments Jude Stewart | Slate | 14 June 2012 "Buttons may seem humble today, but they have a decidedly racy side." First decorative, then functional they evolved into emblems of sex and money, used to highlight "sites of vitality, embarrassment, and thrill" Comments | 
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