Michael Weiss | Foreign Affairs | 13 August 2012 Letter from Syria. Rebels are freebooters, adventurers, amateurs. Al-Qaeda isn't manipulating them: That's Assad propaganda. And they're winning. "Even in tactical defeat they cost the regime money, ammunition, and men" Comments Jon Swartz | USA Today | 9 August 2012 Seismic changes are afoot in world of retail. Smartphones, social media data, augmented reality and other futuristic technologies threaten to change shopping forever. From magic mirrors to 3D printers, here's a look at what's coming Comments Jeffrey Gettleman | NYRB | 14 August 2012 "The war between the northern and southern Sudanese is one of the longest and most complex in Africa, driven by religious schisms, racial politics, oil, and an especially convoluted colonial legacy." This dispatch helps explain why Comments Alexander Görlach | European | 13 August 2012 Interview with Stanford's James Fishkin. "Political parties have every incentive to do whatever they can to win an election, even if that means misleading the public. I think representative sampling might be the way out." Here's how Comments Tim Parks | NYRB | 14 August 2012 "Do I, as an author, have the right to prevent people copying my books for free? Should I have it? Does it matter?" Parks suggests the answer lies not in theories of ownership but in how we see the social function of copyright Comments Adrian Ward & Piercarlo Valdesolo | Scientific American | 14 August 2012 "Peer-to-peer file sharing, heavy emailing and chatting online, and a tendency to quickly switch between multiple websites and other online resources all predict a greater propensity to experience symptoms of depression." Discuss Comments | 
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