Kenneth Rogoff | Project Syndicate | 1 June 2012 What should governments be doing with regard to deficits, debt? Simplistic Keynesians say ignore deficits, it's a recession. But debt-ceiling absolutists want budgets balanced now. Both positions are "dangerously facile". Here's why Comments Nathan Brown | National Interest | 31 May 2012 Egyptian voters must now choose between two presidential candidates, both of whom are fairly widely detested. It'll be an unpleasant, negative campaign. "And more deeply, a very nasty kind of sectarianism has already emerged" Comments Anonymous | Economist | 2 June 2012 Past century has been a great time for doctors. Treat patients case by case, and somebody pays. That's over. We can't afford it. Set procedures are just as effective, certainly for chronic conditions, as individual therapy Comments Martin Filler | NYRB | 1 June 2012 Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol assessed and compared. Superficially alike perhaps, so much so that Warhol faced early rejection. But although the source material was similar, they did very different things with it Comments Jeff Mason | Talking Philosophy | 2 June 2012 Plato famously stated that “Philosophy is a preparation for death.” But is it? Academic philosopher, recently diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer, questions whether 40 years of study can help him cope with death Comments Jon Simons | Brain, n. | 30 May 2012 Simons suspects not as close as recent reports have made out. So he invites Dr Amy Milton, of Cambridge University, to comment. Her expert analysis suggests the answer depends on what exactly we are trying to forget Comments | 
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