Leon Wieseltier | New Republic | 24 August 2012 Against Paul Ryan, a "morally insolvent", mendacious, mean-spirited, narrow-minded man led astray by Ayn Rand. "The ideal of self-reliance in America has always been attended by a corollary of indifference to others, of nastiness" Comments Philip Ball | Prospect | 22 August 2012 "Recent scientific studies propose that language 'universals' aren’t simply prescribed by genes but arise from the interaction between the biology of human perception and the bustle, exchange and negotiation of human culture" Comments DT Max | Daily Beast | 19 August 2012 Portrait of a troubled genius. “I am a pathetic and very confused young man, a failed writer at 28, who is so jealous, so sickly searingly envious of any young man producing pages that I consider suicide a reasonable option" Comments Sue Shellenbarger | WSJ | 21 August 2012 What makes one person risk their life to save another from an impending train crash? Or to catch a baby falling from a building? Psychologists believe that specific character traits reveal a propensity for bravery Comments Robert Poole | Public Domain Review | 22 August 2012 Revisiting Pendle witch trials of 1612. It all began when John Law had a stroke, while arguing with a young lady. He later accused her of being a witch. The evidence of two children led to arrest of 19 others. And a mass execution Comments Caroline Daniel | FT | 24 August 2012 Amusing, touching, surprisingly intimate conversation digging deep into novelist's childhood and youth. Parents gave his brother away for adoption. Arrived in London as a literary mouse. “How did I become a lion? By roaring!" Comments | 
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