Michael Hirsh & Stacy Kaper | National Journal | 1 December 2011 Interesting question. Wall St is better prepared to withstand a major shock than in 2008. But with an opaque derivatives market of $708 trillion and European banks at risk of failure, could a catastrophic event be managed? Comments Mattathias Schwartz | New Yorker | 12 December 2011 In 2009 the United States requested the extradition of drug-lord Christopher Dudus Coke from his stronghold in Tivoli Gardens, Kingston. One year later, Prime Minister Golding sanctioned the request. Then all hell broke loose Comments Ta-Nehisi Coates | Atlantic | 7 December 2011 America focused on creating a narrative after the war that could reconcile white people with each other. It ignored historical truth: "That one group of Americans tried to raise a country wholly premised on property in Negroes" Comments Frank Jacobs | NYT | 12 December 2011 Cold War border between East and West Germany followed the line between Germanic and Slavic settlements a thousand years earlier, and the edges of the Holy Roman Empire. Local administrative units have great staying power Comments Tauriq Moosa | Big Think | 13 December 2011 Two loving individuals, in the privacy of their own home, indulge in consensual sex. Is it wrong? Society says yes—when it's a brother and sister. But why? When you consider the arguments in detail, are they less strong? Comments Stephanie Pearson | Outside | 5 December 2011 "There are many time-honored Scandinavian traditions. Dogsledding is not one of them." But that's no reason not to give it a go. Writer travels to the Arctic Circle for a five-day, 160-mile husky-powered journey across the tundra Comments | 
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