Steven Hayward | Breakthrough Journal | 10 November 2011 Super essay calls for shift in conservative ideology. "Both conservatism and liberalism are failing because neither movement has properly adapted to the changing fabric of modern society." Here's what conservatives need to address Comments Aditya Chakrabortty | Guardian | 16 November 2011 Britain is undergoing a "de-industrial revolution, in which previously productive regions and classes are cast adrift". It happened in the name of economic modernisation. But where has it left us and what has it done to us? Comments Philip Hensher | Independent | 17 November 2011 Biting commentary on Britain's surveillance society. Now so bad that councils want to film and record all conversations in taxis. This isn't about diminishing evil, it's about a desire to control. And we must resist it Comments James Kirchik | World Affairs | 14 November 2011 Economy a wreck, president-for-life a wild-eyed thug. Belarus slews from authoritarianism into totalitarianism. Law prohibits "action or inaction that has been planned beforehand and is a form of public expression" Comments Steven Brint | LA Review of Books | 15 November 2011 Superb, highly readable essay on state of higher education. Focuses on America, but debate and tensions over access, standards, goals and aspirations will be familiar to readers in Britain and elsewhere Comments Steve Sexton | Freakonomics | 14 November 2011 The argument "that local farming is better for the environment than industrial agriculture is an assumption that a 'relocalized' food system can be just as efficient as today’s modern farming. That assumption is simply wrong" Comments | 
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