Grant Robertson | Globe & Mail | 3 December 2011 In 2004 Canadian police stopped a suspicious vehicle on the highway. Inside they uncovered stacks of C$20 notes. Near perfect counterfeit. A forgery so widespread it forced a radical re-think of the entire nation's physical currency Comments Simon Schama | Newsweek | 4 December 2011 "As resentment mounts, there is a real possibility of a recoil from the assumption of mutual dependence on which postwar European — and indeed Atlantic — prosperity was founded." British historian explains why this should be avoided Comments Richard Marshall | 3AM Magazine | 2 December 2011 Philosophy and psychology might seem unlikely bedfellows. Not to Peter Carruthers, a philosopher and "theoretical psychologist". Works on the mind, consciousness: "There is no such thing as conscious choice or conscious decision" Comments Hussein Ibish | Now Lebanon | 6 December 2011 Muslim Brotherhood party did best. No surprise there. They were the best organised. But now they want to govern, pitting them against Egypt's military rulers, who have their own interests to pursue. Future is fraught, murky Comments Nayanah Siva | Wired UK | 29 November 2011 Story of sting operation that ensnared one of China's most prolific drug counterfeiters. From Viagra to Tamiflu, Kevin Xu was making millions exporting fake medicines to Europe. His downfall? His wife's love of diamonds Comments Anthony Lane | New Yorker | 5 December 2011 "The secret services are the only real expression of a nation’s character." Not a bad motto for Le Carré's Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. This is an engrossing comparison of book, 1970s TV series and recent film Comments | 
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