Editorial | Financial Times | 28 November 2012 "It is unacceptable for Mr Kagame's supporters to keep condoning his transgressions by arguing that his government spends their aid money well. Rwanda's development record, impressive as it is, is no trade-off for chaos in Congo" Comments June Thomas | Slate | 29 November 2012 "I'm a lesbian and I'm never getting married ... Does my discomfort at being considered another woman's wife stem from internalized self-loathing? Maybe, but mostly I'm responding to the essential conservatism of marriage mania" Comments Geoffrey Pullum | Lingua Franca | 30 November 2012 On the correct use of "who" and "whom". The news is generally bad for purists. "There seems to be no agreed unitary rule governing the inflection of who where it functions as subject of a clause to which it is not adjacent" Comments Zoe Heller | NYRB | 29 November 2012 Scathing review of "Josef Anton". Pompous, selfish, ungrateful, cavilling, filled with "lordly nonchalance". "Even those who take Rushdie's side on this will be hard pressed to match his scorn for the opposing point of view" Comments Anthony Beevor | Prospect | 27 November 2012 Discursive essay seeking to correlate legacy of WW2 with current eurozone crisis. Doesn't really get there, but throws off interesting observations about 20C Europe, and public opinion, and historiography, along the way Comments Gareth Cook | NYT | 28 November 2012 Danish consulting firm hires only people with autism. "Far more devoted to accuracy than neurotypical workers." Can be the best choice for demanding but repetitive tasks such as data entry, software testing, quality control Comments | 
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