David Brooks | NYT | 17 September 2012 You don't need to be a liberal or a Democrat to be a critic of Mitt Romney. Here's what the Republican candidate got wrong in his recently revealed comments at a fund-raiser, and what it says about him Comments Andrew Bacevich | Newsweek | 17 September 2012 America talks a game of peace and progress in the Middle East yet for decades gave unstinting support to dictators. So forgive Arabs and Muslims if American idealism rings a little hollow. Maybe the US should just butt out Comments Chris Jones | Esquire | 17 September 2012 The premise of the story feels a bit shaky: That magicians have only lately started stealing one another's tricks, and that Teller (of Penn and Teller) is shocked by this piracy. But still, it's a lovely portrait of Teller Comments Simon Critchley | NYT | 16 September 2012 "As a scholar of Mormonism once remarked, one does not need to read the Book of Mormon in order to have an opinion about it." But what happens if you do read it? What does the theology of Mormonism imply? Comments Stephen Cave | Aeon | 17 September 2012 How should we deal with those who seek celebrity through terrible deeds? Perpetrators appear to revel in notoriety. So why not find a way to both hold them accountable and impose on them our ridicule and contempt Comments Esther Inglis-Arkell | io9 | 13 September 2012 "Sometimes when we look around our lives we can't help but think — this situation would be greatly improved with the use of a little poison." But which one to choose? Hemlock? Belladonna? Mandrake? Arsenic? Or strychnine? Comments | 
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