GeneralREVIEW: Popular Crime: Reflections on the Celebration of ViolenceBill James tries to do for crime stories what he did for baseball—make us take it seriously
On CampusThere’s nothing political about stealing sneakersDon’t blame the U.K. riots on unemployment or tuition costs
OttawaViolence, rhetoric and rhetorical violenceCharles P. Pierce considers rhetoric and violence in American politics. (This was first published before the horror in Norway.)
WorldKidnap victims fight to the deathMore than 400 bodies have recently been unearthed in northern Mexico
BooksThe women shortage and why a surplus of men is bad for all of usIn her book, Unnatural Selection, Mara Hvistendahl investigates the effects of sex selection of babies
WorldShootout in a vacation paradiseThe latest wave of violence in the resort town of Acapulco left three people dead