Guillermo Abril | El País | 30 July 2012 Inside Spain's most corrupt village. "European, state, and regional funding has all disappeared without trace. Projects that never existed; workers that never worked; taxes imposed on salaries that were never passed on to the state" Comments Adam Higginbotham | Businessweek | 2 August 2012 "If everyone had kept quiet, it could have been the most valuable parking spot on earth." So begins a terrific piece on the tunnels of Nogales, Arizona. Some have lifts or electric railways. All have one purpose: Drug trafficking Comments Laura Sanders | ScienceNews | 27 July 2012 "In a fully set brain, signals fly around effortlessly, making commonplace tasks short work. A master of efficiency, the adult brain loses the exuberance of childhood." Could there be a way to recapture its youthful flexibility? Comments Roger Cohen | NYRB | 31 July 2012 Anglo-American coup to oust Mossadegh as prime minister of Iran in 1953 was colossal own goal. Yes, he had nationalised the oil industry. But he was a pro-Western democrat. Far better than the feckless Shah or the ayatollahs Comments Francis Fukuyama | American Interest | 28 July 2012 Author calls for reinvention of American Conservatism on Hamiltonian model, which requires a strong state as defender and promoter of private property, market economy, fiscal responsibility, foreign policy based on national interest Comments Tim Falconer | Maisonneuve | 1 August 2012 Reporter stumbles across surprisingly complex science of tone deafness. Turns out he is genuinely amusic. Then the expert confesses: “I am stunned. And I’ve seen many amusic cases. I would love to be in your brain.” Here's why Comments Eric Auld | Thought Catalog | 23 July 2012 Eric Auld is 26, with a Master's degree in English. Looking for a full-time job in a major US city. And getting nowhere fast. So he puts a fake job ad on Craigslist to get a sense of the competition out there (h/t Daniel Lippman) Comments Anthony Lane | New Yorker | 1 August 2012 Lovely, light-hearted spin around the Olympics from women's weightlifting to "whippet with sideburns" Bradley Wiggins. "Like most of those against whom he races, he appears to have dispensed with the standard human need for fat" Comments | 
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