David Allen Green | New Statesman | 3 September 2012 Forensic dismantling of arguments used by Assange's supporters. "The Swedish government simply cannot give any prior guarantee in respect of an extradition request which has not even been made. It is a legal impossibility" Comments Henry Marsh | Granta | 3 September 2012 Surgeon describes operation on pineal gland. "The idea that I am cutting through thought itself, that memories, dreams and reflections should have the consistency of soft white jelly, is simply too strange to understand" Comments Joseph Stiglitz | Project Syndicate | 3 September 2012 On the importance of paying taxes. "If presidents and those around them do not pay their fair share of taxes, how can we expect that anyone else will? And if no one does, how can we expect to finance the public goods that we need?" Comments Sabrina Rubin Erdely | Rolling Stone | 31 August 2012 She claimed to be a model, a pop star, even heiress to the Samsung fortune. She lived in LA and called herself the Korean Paris Hilton. But then the DEA caught her out. This is the bizarre story of drug trafficker Lisette Lee Comments Adam Kotsko | LA Review Of Books | 2 September 2012 "He is one of the most engaging and thought-provoking writers working in philosophy today, with a unique ability to get people excited about philosophy and critical theory. He is, in short, a gateway drug, and I’m the pusher" Comments Juliane von Mittelstaedt | Spiegel | 31 August 2012 At a prison in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, former inmates are confronting their torturers. They talk about the past, seeking explanations. "I knew that you would come to get me one day," says one former guard Comments | 
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