Andrew Solomon | New Yorker | 29 August 2012 Powerful, moving piece on the history of rape, and children born to victims. “Can you tell me how to love my daughter more? I want to love her so much, and I try my best, but when I look at her I see what happened to me" Comments Christopher de Bellaigue | Atlantic | 25 August 2012 Bellaigue, an Englishman whose wife is Iranian, visits the Department of Alien Affairs in Tehran to apply for citizenship. He is told his case stands a good chance of success. What follows is a lesson in Iranian manners and culture Comments Mike Lofgren | American Conservative | 27 August 2012 "The super-rich have seceded from America even as their grip on its control mechanisms has tightened. But how did this evolve historically, what does it mean for the rest of us, and where is it likely to be going?" Comments Brett Forrest | Brett Forrest | 26 August 2012 On the trail of Grigori Perelman, brilliant Russian mathematician who solved the Poincaré Conjecture and later turned down a $1m reward for his work. After some amateur sleuthing, Forrest finds the reclusive genius in St Petersburg Comments Imraan Coovadia | NYT | 28 August 2012 Commentary on Marikana confrontation that led to S African police killing 34 striking miners. Could it be "that workers’ violence endangers the country less than the unreal ways in which the superrich take pleasure and show power"? Comments Rachel Ehrenberg | ScienceNews | 27 August 2012 "To call it a fractious debate is an understatement." Is hydraulic fracturing worth it? And what are the risks it poses? The public debate is polarised, and often ill-informed. Here's what the scientists have to say about it Comments Jon Henley | Guardian | 27 August 2012 Dutch project takes innovative, humane and affordable approach to dementia: A self-contained village where care aims at maximising quality of life, by focusing on what residents can still do, rather than everything they can't Comments Martha Grover | Billfold | 24 August 2012 Wonderful recollections of working as a cheesemonger. "In the customer service world, in the world of giving the most of yourself away on a daily basis, there’s this paradox where in the end, you really give people the least" Comments | 
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