John Gapper | FT | 2 December 2011 "Like the cycles of financial speculation and crashes that have occurred throughout history, rogue traders are always with us." Fascinating on what drives us to gamble recklessly. Helps to know your bird-watching, says Gapper Comments Matthew Shaer | New York | 4 December 2011 When an eight-year-old Jewish boy disappeared in an orthodox neighbourhood of Brooklyn in July, the community mobilised to find out what had happened. What came next was unexpected. That they were looking for a killer from within Comments Bryan Burrough | Vanity Fair | 1 December 2011 "When you become the object of laughter and pity, you're done." Right? Maybe, but the Republican contender has money, organisation, and has emerged from the "oops" gaffe better than might have been expected. Enjoyable profile Comments Tony Corn | Small Wars Journal | 29 November 2011 German elites are leveraging the eurozone crisis to change Europe's institutional fundamentals and ensure Germany's dominance. But not to worry. This "Merkelian Reich" would be a "benign, metrosexual, post-modern polity" Comments Carl Zimmer | NYT | 3 December 2011 Every human body is home to 100 trillion microbes. What if one of your microbes is unique—and yields a powerful new antibiotic? Do you have a claim on the profits? Are your parasites your property, or are they just visiting? Comments Scott Sherman | Nation | 2 December 2011 Trotsky, Nabokov, Kennan worked in NYPL's Slavic and Baltic room. But you can't, because it's just been closed. Due to megalomania. Library plans $350m renovation of its central building, while cutting back on staff and books Comments | 
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