William Saletan | Slate | 22 February 2012 "To understand Mitt Romney, you have to understand the most difficult passage of his political life: How he changed his position on abortion. Not the story he tells about it, but the real story." A painstaking, fascinating piece Comments Jesse Hicks | Verge | 21 February 2012 Outstanding analysis of Research In Motion: Its history, management, failure to capitalise on early BlackBerry success, and future potential. Are we watching the end of a once iconic brand? Or the start of a turnaround? Comments Matt Bai | NYT | 22 February 2012 Bai meets UN weapons inspector who argued against US invasion of Iraq. And was later convicted of sex offences. "Everybody who lied about the war got rewarded. Because they played the game. Tell the truth, you don't get rewarded" Comments Anonymous | TimeOut Hong Kong | 20 February 2012 Hong Kong is a bastion of free-market capitalism, right? Wrong. These days it's more of an oligarchy. Four family-owned conglomerates dominate the economy. They've captured the regulators, they've got government in their pocket Comments Jan Sapp | American Scientist | 19 February 2012 Caucasian, African, Mongoloid – we've all heard the terms. But is race a fundamental biological concept? Or is the whole notion of human races a myth? Important questions, clearly answered by way of a double book review Comments Giles Milton | Surviving History | 21 February 2012 In 1944, elite Japanese soldier Hiroo Onoda was sent to the Filipino island of Lubang on a mission to carry out sabotage attacks. He was ordered never to surrender. And he didn't. Not until 29 years after the war ended Comments | 
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