2014 (19-1-13) Futures of Democracy – Books reviewed: Democracies and Futures, by Mika Mannermaa, Jim Dator & Paula Tiihonen, eds; Democracy and the Turmoil of the Future, by Mika Mannermaa; and Russia 2017, by Osmo Kuusim, Hanna Smith & Paula Tiihonen, eds.
2014 (19-1-14) Optimistic Apocalyptics – Books reviewed: What Then Must We Do? Straight Talk on the Next American Revolution and We Are All Apocalyptics Now, On the Responsibilities of Teaching, Preaching, Reporting, Writing and Speaking Out
2014 (19-1-15) The Confidence Trap: A History of Democracy in Crisis from World War I to the Present, by David Runciman
2014 (19-1-18) Scatter, Adapt, and Remember: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction, by Annalee Newitz