Peretz Partensky | n+1 | 5 December 2012 Gorgeous long read. Triumphs and tragedies of young American coaching pickup basketball team in Jalalabad. Starts well. Team thrives, gets invited to tournament in Kabul. Then the problems start. Small ones first, lethal ones later Comments Margaret Paxson | Aeon | 5 December 2012 Why is it so usual to study war, and so rare to study peace? "Contemporary research that says it is about peace is really about conflict. It’s about resolving conflict, cleaning up after conflict, bringing aid in conflict settings" Comments Harold James | Project Syndicate | 4 December 2012 Argentina thought it had got out from under huge debts by devaluing and defaulting, but a recent US court ruling favoured holdout creditors. It's a dramatic raising of the stakes. What happens when unpayable debts can't be erased? Comments James William Gibson | Guardian | 4 December 2012 Many farmers and ranchers own only surface rights to their property, not subsurface mineral rights. So what happens when the oil prospectors turn up? On this account, there's little you can do to stop them ruining your life Comments Matt Mendelsohn | Washingtonian | 28 November 2012 A husband who died. Another who turned out to be gay. And a wife who never imagined she'd be so happy. A wedding photographer sets out to learn what happened to the couples who hired him for their big day (h/t @longform) Comments Bruce Bower | Science News | 29 November 2012 What we do and don't know about how different household arrangements are affecting children Comments | 
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