Jeffrey Toobin | New Yorker | 6 November 2012 "Suppose it’s close, and suppose, further, that Ohio makes the difference. Prepare, then, for a prolonged bout of insanity." Otherwise known as the procedure for dealing with provisional ballots Comments Michael Noer | Forbes | 2 November 2012 Twenty-four months ago, Salman Khan was working alone in a walk-in closet. Now it's no exaggeration to say that his Khan Academy, funded by philanthropists, is changing the way we think about education. The potential is immense Comments John Homans | New York | 4 November 2012 What Sandy did. "For hundreds of years, the harbor had given New York its power. In less than 24 hours, it took it away. As we are reminded more and more often these days, it doesn’t take long to turn everything on its head" Comments Anthony Daniels | New Criterion | 1 November 2012 On the demise of printed books. "To refuse to use the new technology in the hope of preserving old pleasures would be no more authentic or honest than Marie Antoinette playing shepherdess. The regret is genuine; the refusal is not" Comments Werner Plumpe | Eurozine | 31 October 2012 A short history of modern economic expertise. Its status has been assured since the 18th century, but not so the kind of expertise required. This shifts, sometimes a lot, but the role of expert never goes unfilled Comments Felix Baumgartner | Spiegel | 1 November 2012 Interview with record-breaking skydiver. "I was so fast I could have overtaken certain bullets! That's completely unimaginable for most people. Even some scientists thought it would be impossible." And it was not without snags Comments | 
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