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| JANUARY 2012 |

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MIRRORING PEOPLE: HOW WE CONNECT WITH OTHERS | MARCO IACOBONI

WHY THINK? EVOLUTION AND THE RATIONAL MIND | RONALD DE SOUSA

RATIONALITY AND RELIGIOUS COMMITMENT | ROBERT AUDI

THE ETHICAL PROJECT | PHILIP KITCHER

MARX AND ALIENATION | SEAN SAYERS

STATES OF WAR | DAVID WILLIAM BATES

CHOICE AND THE FREE MARKET | KENT GREENFIELD

THE PROMISE OF THRIFT | JOSHUA J. YATES

THE STOICS AND THE EPICUREANS ON FRIENDSHIP, SEX, AND LOVE | RICHARD KREITNER

THE CHARACTER OF RUSSIA | DAVID SATTER

RUSSIAN POLITICS TODAY | RICHARD SAKWA

THE MYTH OF PUTIN THE STATE BUILDER | BRIAN D. TAYLOR

SOVIET FATES AND LOST ALTERNATIVES | LARS T. LIH

CENTRAL ASIA FREQUENT FLIER | DAVID MOULD

ALAA AL ASWANY'S "ON THE STATE OF EGYPT" | MAURICE CHAMMAH

ISLAM AND DEMOCRACY | HAMID ELYASSI

TOWARD A NEW NARRATIVE NONFICTION | BY JOHN PAHLE

OUR DILBERT LIVES | LUCY CAMERON

DAVID TRUEBA ON "MADRID 1987" | LORRI RUPARD

PHOEBE AND EDGAR IN THE GARDEN OF AMERICA | ANNA KAEHLER

THE COUPLE | ROBIN TUNG

A SWIM | MATT DOMINO

PROVIDENCE | KRISTINA REARDON

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| DECEMBER 2011 |

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CAPITALISM AND CRISIS | JAMES FULCHER

RUSSIA: DEMOCRACY DERAILED | M. STEVEN FISH

SUPERSTITION AS IDEOLOGY IN IRANIAN POLITICS | ALI RAHNEMA

REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES' IRANIMANIA | JAMES DEFRONZO

(MIS)NAMING THE REVOLUTION | MELISSA MYAMBO

PHOTOGRAPHY & JAZZ, DARK ROOMS | BENJAMIN CAWTHRA

GUSTAV KLIMT: THE UNIVERSE IN A KISS | STEPHANIE ANN HARPER

MICHELANGELO | WILLIAM E. WALLACE

DEATH | TODD MAY

GRAVITY'S GHOST | HARRY COLLINS

THE GOSPEL OF THOMAS AND CHRISTIAN ORIGINS | ANDRÉ GAGNÉ

MAX FRISCH | MALCOLM FORBES

TRIPLE YOUR TROUBLE | JUDITH CODY

A CAPTIVE AUDIENCE | MARK DWORTZAN

POOR LITTLE CHRISTMAS | MARK LAVORATO

WINTER POSTCARDS FROM THE KAZAKH STEPPE | DAVID MOULD

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| NOVEMBER 2011 |

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GIANT CORPORATIONS AND DEMOCRACY | BY COLIN CROUCH

WHY PEOPLE BECOME POOR | BY ANIRUDH KRISHNA

THE INSTITUTIONAL REVOLUTION | BY DOUGLAS W. ALLEN

RED STAR OVER IRAQ | BY JOHAN FRANZÉN

ON BEING SINGULAR | GERALD L. BRUNS

A COOPERATIVE SPECIES | SAMUEL BOWLES AND HERBERT GINTIS

THE LAST SUPERSTITION | EDWARD FESER

PORTRAITS AND PERSONS | CYNTHIA FREELAND

NEW YORK, FILM AND RECONCEPTION OF THE WORLD | BY STANLEY CORKIN

E.P.TAYLOR AND HOW MONOPOLY TOOK OVER A SPORT | BY RODNEY DUBEY

ART AND PROCESS WITH NOA KAPLAN | BY ROBIN TUNG

THE LAST LION | B. NEWMARK

POETS' CORNER | LOUISE CARSON

THE STRANGER IN THE SNOW | NELS HANSON

INNER RHYTHM | MICHAEL BURNS

GUELPH IN THE AFTERNOON, 1989 | CATHERINE UROFF

POETRY | LAUREN NICOLE NIXON

BORGES AND CALVINO RACE FOR BLOOD SAUSAGE | DAVID BUTLER

I WAS 16... | SEAN CHRISTOPHER LEWIS

LOVE TRIBUTE TO INUIT ARTIST | BY DOROTHEE KOMANGAPIK

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| OCTOBER 2011 |

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DIGNITY | DONNA HICKS

DEPTH | MICHAEL STREVENS

LIBYA: THE FUTURE OF A REVOLUTION | JAMES DEFRONZO

THE STRUGGLE FOR POWER IN SYRIA | NIKOLAOS VAN DAM

THE SCIENCE OF EVIL | SIMON BARON-COHEN

THE LAST UTOPIA | SAMUEL MOYN

A BOOK FORGED IN HELL | STEVEN NADLER

PSYCHOLOGY AND CATHOLICISM | ROBERT KUGELMANN

THE PROTESTANT ETHIC AND THE SPIRIT OF CAPITALISM | RICHARD SWEDBERG

THE FRUIT, THE TREE, AND THE SERPENT | LYNNE A. ISBELL

THE REAL REAL THING | WENDY STEINER

MYSTERIOUS OPERATION | RICHARD KREITNER

COCO CHANEL | LINDA SIMON

ON ART FOR ART'S SAKE | R. JOSEPH CAPET

WHEN NEWS FOCUSES ON THOSE ABOUT TO DIE | BARBIE ZELIZER

THE MANUSCRIPT THAT MUST BE SAVED | BESTE ALPAY

PRIVATIZING THE PEACE | JULIAN REID

THE FATEFUL END OF A MAVERICK COLONEL | MOHAMMAD ASLAM

WE CAN'T ALL BE GODS | WILLIAM FARRANT

VILLANELLE FOR MOM | WILLIAM LYCHACK

BOB/O | KRISTEN BROWNELL

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| SEPTEMBER 2011 |

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THE CRISIS OF CAPITALIST DEMOCRACY | RICHARD A. POSNER

FREEDOM AND THE LAWS OF NATURE | STEVEN HORST

ON THE ORIGIN OF STORIES | BRIAN BOYD

BOREDOM: A YEAR'S HISTORY | PETER TOOHEY

ON "BETWEEN SENSE AND DE KOONING" | BY RICHARD SHIFF

WHY I WRITE | BY JAMES ROBISON

ON ART AND WAR AND TERROR | BY ALEX DANCHEV

POETRY | BY SIMON PERCHIK

TAKING MOVIES SERIOUSLY |BY DANIEL SHAW

FRANS HALS: STYLE AND SUBSTANCE | BY WALTER LIEDTKE

DIALOGUES BETWEEN FAITH AND REASON | BY JOHN H. SMITH

BRAINTRUST: WHAT NEUROSCIENCE TELLS US ABOUT MORALITY | BY PATRICIA SMITH CHURCHLAND

MINDREADING ANIMALS | BY ROBERT W. LURZ

NORWAY'S TERROR: THE REMINISCENCE OF AN OSLOITE | BY LISE K. HAUGEN

HUNTING COVERED BRIDGES IN THE QUEBEC COUNTRYSIDE | BY RICKY KREITNER

RETURNING DIGNITY TO ECONOMICS | MARK D. WHITE

WHY WE COOPERATE | BY MICHAEL TOMASELLO

THE WELFARE STATE AND THE RISE OF PATERNALISM | BY GILLES SAINT-PAUL

THE INVENTION OF MARKET FREEDOM | BY ERIC MACGILVRAY

RETURNING DIGNITY TO ECONOMICS | BY MARK D. WHITE

THE CLASH OF IDEAS IN WORLD POLITICS | BY JOHN M. OWEN IV

NEITHER BEAST NOR GOD | BY GILBERT MEILAENDER

AGE OF FRACTURE | BY DANIEL T. RODGERS

BLIND SPOTS | BY MAX H. BAZERMAN AND ANN E. TENBRUNSEL

ON INTELLIGENCE | BY MICHAEL MILBURN

TOWARD A BUDDHIST POLITICS OF FREEDOM | BY ZACH DORFMAN

DARWIN'S CONJECTURE | BY G. M. HODGSON AND K. KNUDSEN

HUMAN DIGNITY | BY GEORGE KATEB

ALONE IN WAITING | MALCOLM FORBES

POETRY | SIMON PERCHIK

OUR BUICK STOPPED HERE | LEE MATTEW GOLDBERG

POETRY | SHARON SIEGEL

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| AUGUST 2011 |

ECONOMIC ORIGINS OF ROMAN CHRISTIANITY | BY R.B. EKELUND Jr. AND R.D.TOLLISON

HUMAN DIGNITY | BY GEORGE KATEB

DARWIN'S CONJECTURE | BY G. M. HODGSON AND K. KNUDSEN

WHY JANE AUSTEN? | BY RACHEL M. BROWNSTEIN

SOMETHING TOLSTOYAN | BY BRIAN CONLON

ORVALD AND BETTY GRATIAS | BY ALAN GRATIAS

THE INVIOLABLE KING OF MOROCCO | BY MOHAMMAD ASLAM

SICKNESS AND HEALTH | BY ROBERT WEXELBLATT

HIGHWAY | BY LILI POTPARA

AGITPROP | BY LEONID LEONOV

S. K. AND J. Lo | BY DAVID BUTLER

SNOWBIRD TRAVELS | BY HARVY SIMKOVITS

GOD(S) AND PHILOSOPHY AND PHYSICS | BY ROBERT EHRLICH

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| JULY 2011 |

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THE CURRENT CRISIS AND THE ESSENCE OF CAPITALISM | THOMAS K. McCRAW

THE HEBREW REPUBLIC | ERIC NELSON

EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS, DEISTS, AND AMERICA'S FOUNDING | THOMAS S. KIDD

ADAM SMITH, RADICAL AND EGALITARIAN | BY IAIN McLEAN

DESIGN AND TRUTH | BY ROBERT GRUDIN

A JANE AUSTEN EDUCATION | BY WILLIAM DERESIEWICZ

ANATHEISM | BY FANNY HOWE

BARBAROUS PHILOSOPHERS | BY CHRISTOPHER COKER

ORIGINS OF POLITICAL EXTREMISM | BY MANUS I. MIDLARSKY

RADICAL DEMOCRACY AND POLITICAL THEOLOGY | BY JEFFREY W. ROBBINS

THE ORIGINS OF BUSINESS, MONEY, AND MARKETS | BY KEITH ROBERTS

DEMYSTIFYING SYRIA | BY FRED H. LAWSON

BOMBAY ISLAM | BY NILE GREEN

SCOTLAND GOES DOWN THE QUEBEC ROAD | BY TOM GALLAGHER

NASRALLAH: SPHINX OF THE SUBURBS | BY MOHAMMAD ASLAM

YOU CAN'T ALWAYS WANT WHAT YOU WANT | BY BERNARD QUETCHENBACH

GRAHAM GREENE AND I WERE WRONG |BY EDWARD F. PALM

MY HOME "FROM AWAY" HOME | BY STEVEN MAYOFF

GREAT LAKES FOUNDRY 1990 | BY JAMES ROBISON

14 DEGREES SOUTHERN LATITUDE | BY BRAD COMANN

SE VENDE/FOR SALE | BY CHRISTOPHER FLYNN

A SHORT DISTANCE BEHIND US | BY DORENE O'BRIEN

BASEMENT PARTY | BY BROOKS REXROAT

MOROCCAN HOSPITALITY | BY SALMA RUTH BRATT

WAR SOUVENIRS | BY TERRY BUCHANAN

COOKIES | BY LEE MATTHEW GOLDBERG

THE MOST IMPORTANT DAY | BY MICHAEL WASHBURN

POETRY | MATTHEW CUNHA , SUSAN KELLY-DeWITT , MURRAY SILVERSTEIN

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| JUNE 2011 |

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FAIRNESS AND THE SOCIAL CONTRACT | PETER CORNING

DOES SCIENCE CONTRADICT RELIGION? | ALVIN PLANTINGA

FROM MAO TO MARKET | ROBIN PORTER

THE ENLARGEMENT OF LIFE: MORAL IMAGINATION AT WORK | JOHN KEKES

WHAT LITERATURE TEACHES US ABOUT EMOTION | PATRICK COLM HOGAN

WAS AMERICA FOUNDED AS A CHRISTIAN NATION? | JOHN FEA

APART: ALIENATED AND ENGAGED MUSLIMS IN THE WEST | JUSTIN GEST

THE ANCIENT ORACLES | RICHARD STONEMAN

PLATO'S POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY | MARK BLITZ

DO-IT-YOURSELF SCIENCE | STEVE FULLER

HOW DID I BECOME "ME"? | MEL THOMPSON

THE TUNNEL: ON ERNESTO SABATO | MALCOLM FORBES

BEHIND VASARI'S PRINTED WORD | LYALL F. HARRIS

A SHORT DISTANCE BEHIND US | DORENE O'BRIEN

CUT THE ALPHABET TO SAVE THE COUNTRY | DAVID BUTLER

LEAVING MOJAVE | CAROLINE MISNER

BASEMENT PARTY | BROOKS REXROAT

LES HOUCHES IS VERY COMPLICATED | BY CHRISTOPHER FLYNN

GOAT | BY LAURIE STONE

DELI | BY STEVEN MAYOFF

THE LIGHTBEARER | BY CARL BLOOM

A GOOD SAMARITAN WILL STOP | BY JOHN WENKE

HORROR, BEAUTY AND TRUTH IN POETRY | BY JAMES AITCHISON

POETRY | REBECCA PARSON, JIM TOLAN, ROBERT WEXELBLATT, SIMON PERCHIK, ERNESTINE LAHEY

THE AFPAK EQUILIBRIUM | BY MOHAMMAD ASLAM

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| MAY 2011 |

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GOD AFTER DARWIN | BY JOHN F. HAUGHT

SPINOZA, THE MORAL HERETIC | MATTHEW J. KISNER

CHINA'S MEDIA: A STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE | JAMES F. SCOTTON

IRAN'S CONTINUING CHALLENGE | ADAM C. SEITZ AND ANTHONY H. CORDESMAN

QATAR: A SWAN AMONGST THE DUCKS? | MOHAMMAD ASLAM

OLD AND NEW ISLAM IN GAMBIA | ERIC MARONEY

SAUDI ARABIA: BREAKING THE BASTION | MOHAMMAD ASLAM

FROM COMRADES TO ENEMIES | NICHOLAS KHOO

ON PERSONALITY | MICHAEL MILBURN

THE MFA DEBATE | CURT ERIKSEN

CLEAVAGE CULTURE | LIN D. JENSEN

IMAGINE LIVING THROUGH THE PROGRESS | MIKE MERCER

CITY OF ANGELS | KATHLEEN ROHR

WELCOME TO THE REAL WORLD | ROLAND GOITY

THE DAY OF THE ULUA | KIRBY WRIGHT

ON EDUCATION, RESPECT, AND ZEN | GRAEME LOTTERING

REALISM, LIBERAL CAPITALISM, AND STATE POWER | T.S. TSONCHEV

THE WAY OF THE WORLD | CURT ERIKSEN

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| APRIL 2011 |

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REVOLUTION: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE | J. DEFRONZO AND J. GILL

THE PARADOX OF UNDERSTANDING REVOLUTION | PATRICK VAN INWEGEN

ISLAM AND CAPITALISM, REVISITED | DAROMIR RUDNYCKYJ

MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: THE FANTASIZED THREAT | BY BAUDOUIN LONG

LISTENING TO THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD | BY MAURICE CHAMMAH

RIOTS IN SYRIA | BY MORDECHAI KEDAR

THE SECOND ARAB AWAKENING | BY ADEED DAWISHA

THE CHINESE CYBERSPACE | BY DAVID KURT HEROLD

RED WIRED: CHINA'S INTERNET REVOLUTION | BY CHRISTOPHER WESTLAND

DAVID BROOKS' "THE SOCIAL ANIMAL" | BY MAURICE CHAMMAH

THE BAG OF BEANS | BY DAVID E. HILTON

BURSTING THE DAM | BY RACE CAPET

BETWEEN THE BOOK AND SHAPIRO | BY ERIC MARONEY

"SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL, YES" | SHAWN MITCHELL

HEART DISEASE | BY SUZANNE KEHM

SILVERADO | BY NELS HANSON

GRAPEVINES | BY JACKIE ZOLLO BROOKS

LEARNING TO FLY | BY NADIA BRAKO

THE ASSEMBLY OF EQUALS | BY DAVID TAUB BANCROFT

THE SILVER LINING | BY THOMAS SULLIVAN

POETRY | ROBERT HILL LONG

HOW COMMUNIST IS CHINA? | T.S. TSONCHEV

RELIGION AND COMMUNISM IN CHINA | T.S. TSONCHEV

THE BEGINNINGS OF NEW YORK'S NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS

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| MARCH 2011 |

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LIBYA: THE ROAD AHEAD | RONALD BRUCE ST JOHN

THE FUTURE OF EGYPT'S 25 JANUARY REVOLUTION | ASHRAF MISHRIF

EGYPT: CITIZENS AND SOLDIERS | BRUCE K. RUTHERFORD

THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD & ISRAEL | LIAD PORAT

EGYPT: THE ROOTS OF REVOLUTION | CHÉRINE CHAMS EL DINE

THE UNPREDICTABLE QADDAFI | BY KIMBERLY L. SULLIVAN

LIBYA'S REVOLUTION | BY OMAR ASHOUR

IN THE METAL HEDGEROWS | BY PAUL A. TOTH

SENATE REFORMERS AND THE HOUSE OF MIRRORS | BY JAMES NANTAU

PHOTOGRAPHY: ART OR ARTIFICE? | BY TERRY BUCHANAN

A FORECLOSURE STORY | BY JANEEN McGUIRE

THE MIDDLE EAST AT THE CROSSROADS | BY ISTVAN KRISTO-NAGY

LETTER FROM HUNGARY | BY MARGARET McMULLAN

BETWEEN TWO YARDS | BY ALISA A. GASTON-LINN

ONE MORE THING | BY JOSEPH GRIM FEINBERG

THE RISK CONTAINED WITHIN THE POLITICALLY CORRECT | BY CURT ERIKSEN

POETRY | JON STOCKS

BLUE FISH | BY PETER BASSON

MORTY AND IZZY | BY DAVID BUTLER

POETRY | BY JANICE D. SODERLING

UNREPENTANT: DISROBING THE EMPEROR | BY ANN DIAMOND

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| FEBRUARY 2011 |

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ART | INTERVIEW WITH THE PAINTER ALAN FELTUS

FOUR REFLECTIONS ON THE COUNTERFEITERS | BY ROBERT WEXELBLATT

LETTER FROM SPAIN | BY CURT ERIKSEN

CHURCH GOING | BY CAROLINE ARDEN

RUNNING | BY PETER LUCAS

ART | INTERVIEW WITH THE PAINTER LANI IRWIN

LETTER FROM CAMBRIDGE | BY KRISTINA ZDRAVIC REARDON

LETTER FROM INDIA | BY ROBERT ROSENBERG

THE ROUSING CALL OF DEMOCRACY | BY ANDREW GIBSON

WAITING | BY JENNIFER BLAIR

GENDER OF THE NOUN | BY MELISSA TANDIWE MYAMBO

LETTER FROM UTAH | BY LORRI RUPARD

POETRY | HUGH FOX

SMOKE | BY JERROD E. BOHN

MONTREAL'S MOST FAMOUS WRITER STILL HAUNTS THE MILE END | BY RICHARD KREITNER

OPINION | BY MIKE MERCER

READINGS | THE RECENT DEBATE ON STATE INTERVENTION IN ECONOMY

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| JANUARY 2011 |

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BIBLIOPHILIA | BY BRADLEY SHINGLETON

THE GRAND CANYON | BY KATIE RYAN DAHLSON

DANCING IN KYRGYZSTAN | BY ROBERT ROSENBERG

THESE HEART THINGS ARE UNPREDICTABLE | BY LORRI VODI RUPARD

ESSAY | DAOISM: TRUTH AND PARADOXES

CONFESSION OF AN ADOLESCENT ARSONIST | BY ROBERT WEXELBLATT

MY FATHER'S DEVOTIONS | BY HARVY SIMKOVITS

ROWING | BY JENNIFER BLAIR

THE GHOST LIVES | BY ANTHONY JONES

FRAGMENTS | BY JESSICA PETER

POETRY | RICHARD FEIN

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