Christopher Layne | National Interest | 25 April 2012 "The transition in progress represents more than just the end of the post-1945 era of American global dominance. It also represents the end of the era of Western dominance over world events that began roughly five hundred years ago" Comments Will Self | BBC | 20 April 2012 Learning requires effort. And that is how it should be. So it's dismal to see "the traditional set texts chopped up into boneless nuggets of McKnowledge, and students encouraged to do their research – such as it is – on the web" Comments Karim Sadjadpour | Foreign Policy | 23 April 2012 In the Islamic Republic of Iran, sex is not confined to the bedroom, it's deeply political. And the country's fundamentalist clerics aren't above considering juridical aspects of the most bizarre sexual imaginings Comments Various | Daily Mail | 24 April 2012 Remarkable collection of never-before-seen photographs of New York City from early 20th century. The city's Department of Records has released 850,000 images. Here are some of the most memorable Comments Martin Eiermann | European | 23 April 2012 Interview with economist Joseph Stiglitz. And he's on top form from the word go. "Academic economists played a big role in causing the crisis. Their models were overly simplified, distorted, and left out the most important aspects" Comments EO Wilson | Harvard | 20 April 2012 Harvard biologist tackles evolution of culture in a monumental essay. Captivating throughout. "Rich and seemingly boundless as the creative arts seem to be, each is filtered through the narrow biological channels of human cognition" Comments Quinn Zimmerman | Shotgun Shack | 25 April 2012 American aid worker approaches end of two-year stint in Haiti, wonders: What good did I do? All the imported equipment is broken. Society continues as it did before. Nobody says thank you. On the contrary, they hate us Comments David Weinberger | Chronicle Review | 22 April 2012 Thomas Kuhn's "Structure Of Scientific Revolutions" rewrote the history of science, by introducing the concept of "paradigm shift". Science advances not by single ideas, but by systems of ideas, which displace one another Comments | 
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