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Egalitarianism Yes, we should redistribute grades May 9th 2011, 14:16 by M.S. I NOTICED this post by Robin Hanson a couple of weeks ago, teasing the question of how, if one feels that we should redistribute income to compensate for unfairness and limit socially damaging inequality, one could justify not redistributing grade-point averages for the same reasons. Mr Hanson riffs off a video of a w..

Pakistan after bin Laden Humiliation of the military men Civilian leaders and the United States put pressure on the beleaguered generals May 12th 2011 | ISLAMABAD | from the print edition AMERICA’S killing of Osama bin Laden on May 2nd brought with it a rare chance to ease the Pakistani army’s unhealthy grip on the country’s domestic and foreign affairs. The generals have floundered since..

Osama bin Laden Osama bin Laden, the world’s most wanted terrorist, died on May 2nd, aged 54 May 5th 2011 | from the print edition WHEN he gave interviews to foreign journalists, which he did rarely, Osama bin Laden had a way of looking down at his hands. This, and his soft, slightly raspy voice, and his gentle eyes—as well as the fact that he allowed no instantaneous translation—helped c..

Innovation in online advertising Mad Men are watching you How real-time bidding will affect media companies May 5th 2011 | from the print edition YOU are browsing for lampshades on a department store’s website. You grow bored, and surf across to the website of your favourite daily newspaper. Mysteriously, the lampshades follow you: an advertisement for the same brand appears next to the artic..

Al-Qaeda in Pakistan Bin Laden's front yard May 3rd 2011, 11:14 by A.R. | BIN LADEN RESIDENCE, ABBOTTABAD STANDING at Osama bin Laden's green front gate, on Tuesday May 3rd, three bemused policemen faced a horde of the world's journalists. Having been, until Sunday morning, the most secret hideaway for the world's most-wanted man, number 25 in this otherwise sleepy neighbourhood has sprung to t..

Japan Silenced by gaman The world has admired Japan’s stoic spirit. But there is a worrying side to it Apr 20th 2011 | TOKYO | from the print edition IN A nation of stoics, the most patient sufferers—by common consent—are those from Tohoku, the poor north-eastern area struck by earthquake and tsunami on March 11th. The best-known poem by the region’s most beloved poet, Kenji Miyazawa (b..

Schumpeter Fail often, fail well Companies have a great deal to learn from failure—provided they manage it successfully Apr 14th 2011 | from the print edition BUSINESS writers have always worshipped at the altar of success. Tom Peters turned himself into a superstar with “In Search of Excellence”. Stephen Covey has sold more than 15m copies of “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People”..

France's burqa ban France uncovered, it hopes Apr 12th 2011, 10:57 by S.P. | PARIS WHEN the French voted last year to ban the niqab, or face-covering Islamic veil, the hard part was always going to be applying the law. Sure enough, the scenes captured by television cameras yesterday, as the law came into effect, of two veiled women being arrested by the police outside Notre Dame cathedral were ..

Higher education The latest bubble? Apr 13th 2011, 11:50 by Schumpeter ON September 2nd 2010 I wrote a mischievous column ("Declining by degree") likening America's universities to its car companies in about 1950: on top of the world and about to take an almighty fall. Since then I have heard the argument dismissed and denounced by the presidents of Harvard, Princeton and New York University. J..

High-tech warfare Something wrong with our **** chips today Kill switches are changing the conduct and politics of war Apr 7th 2011 | from the print edition IN THE 1991 Gulf war Iraq’s armed forces used American-made colour photocopiers to produce their battle plans. That was a mistake. The circuitry in some of them contained concealed transmitters that revealed their position to American ele..