Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

New on nybooks.com: Altruism and evolution, Cuba under the Castros, a challenge in court to the Affordable Care Act, Donatello’s marble masterwork, the murder of Boris Nemtsov, and Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress. THIS ISSUE SPONSORED BY UCONN

The Biology of Being Good to Others H. Allen Orr How could a ruthless process like Darwinian natural selection give rise to altruistic organisms, human or nonhuman, that act in ways that are costly to themselves and helpful to others?   ADVERTISEMENT   The New Cuba? Enrique Krauze It took a long time for public opinion in Latin America to confront the dictatorial nature of the Cuban government. And many would never admit this reality, or would downplay it.   Can They Crush Obamacare? David Cole It is a cardinal rule of statutory interpretation that statutes should not be interpreted to achieve absurd ends, yet that is what the challengers’ reading in King v. Burwell would produce.   Also in the March 19 issue: Jessica T. Mathews on Henry Kissinger, Michael Tomasky on the Republican campaign books, Andrew Delbanco on the Civil War, Fintan O’Toole on Samuel Beckett, Stanley Wells on Shakespeare, a poem by Jana Prikryl, and more.   ADVERTISEMENT   He Brought Stone to Life Andrew Butterfield By some strange magic Donatello’s sculptures seem to capture the phantom of life. Nowhere is this more evident than in the Habakkuk.   Russia: Another Dead Democrat Amy Knight Among the many questions surrounding the murder of Russian politician and liberal activist Boris Nemtsov on Friday evening, one of the most troubling is the location of the crime itself.   Netanyahu’s Churchill Syndrome Jonathan Freedland As a junior member of the Knesset, he was warning that Iran was just “three to five years” away from a nuclear bomb back in 1992. He’s sounded the same alarm at intervals ever since.