online archive
5:00PM
FEB 11 2008
Tyranny can develop because of love
From City Journal, Ibn Warraq on why the West is best: A response to Tariq Ramadan. The Toddler Economy: Why are CEOs and Wall Street financiers behaving so childishly? An excerpt from Fear of Enemies and Collective Action by Ioannis D. Evrigenis. Girls will be girls: What different visions of female childhood tell us about ourselves. An article on Obama, Clinton and the debate over how much Supreme Court decisions matter. Will the Democratic nomination be determined by the delegation from Puerto Rico? Michael Barone investigates. Our economic dominance may be threatened by China, India, and the European Union, but when it comes to the instruments of war, nobody else is even close. A review of Possessing the World: Taking the Measurement of Colonisation from the 18th to the 20th Century by Bouda Etemad. In some cases, it seems tyranny can develop because of love. 50 greatest books: Simon Blackburn makes the case for Plato's Republic. Modern Love breeds book deals: That Sunday Styles column you love to hate is coming back at you. Monumental Mission: Assigned to find art looted by the Nazis, Western Allied forces faced an incredible challenge. The battle of the literary endorsements: Maya Angelou and Toni Morrison have both gone public with their presidential picks; what do their overwrought odes tell us about the candidates they favor?
1:00PM
FEB 11 2008
People and pants in the borderless world
From Policy Review, an article on doing justice to Zacarias Moussaoui: Neither a madman nor an aspiring martyr but an enemy. GodTube.com: Will a new Christian-based social networking site help spread the gospel? The Grammy in Mathematics: Mathematician Jamie Howarth nominated for award for restoring the only known recording of a live Woody Guthrie performance. A review of Mechanisms of Democracy: Institutional Design Writ Small by Adrian Vermeule. Wal-Mart, the new Washington: Look who’s governmentizing the private sector. From National Geographic, a special section on how Six Degrees Could Change the World. Akhil Reed Amar on the Constitution and the candidates: What would the framers say? A review of Two Histories of England By Jane Austen and Charles Dickens, ed. David Starkey. Uncommon knowledge: Here are surprising insights from the social sciences. When does the experience of pain begin? Anti-abortion activists aren’t the only ones to argue that it may be in the womb. A review of Embryo: A Defense of Human Life by Robert P. George and Christopher Tollefsen. A review of Sissy Nation: How America Became a Culture of Wimps & Stoopits by John Strausbaugh. A review of Fugitive Denim: A Moving Story of People and Pants in the Borderless World of Global Trade by Rachel Louise Snyder.
9:00AM
FEB 11 2008
The pop culture manifesto
From Monthly Review, an essay on the history of imperialism theory. A review of Chasing the Flame: Sergio Vieira de Mello and the Fight to Save the World by Samantha Power (and more). The Pop Culture Manifesto: William Irwin on philosophy as/and/of popular culture. From The New York Times Book Review, a special issue on books on politics. Britney Spears’s situation outlines the dangers of blurring the line between socially celebrated behavior and behavior with profound psychological causes. From LA Weekly, an article on LA gangs: nine miles and spreading. How low can the crime rate go? The Paris of the North: Why does Leah McLaren provoke such loathing amongst Canadian women? An article on a new clash between Jews and the Vatican. Jacob Heilbrunn on 5 myths about those nefarious neocons and more and more on They Knew They Were Right. Science of the orgasm: To unlock the secrets of the climax researchers are looking behind the scenes, where the true magic happens. A review of Blogwars: The New Political Battleground by David D. Perlmutter. Teaching-only staff were once widely deemed unworthy of the name "academic", but one in four UK academics is now labelled so. The impossible art of deciphering manuscripts: Robert Frost is hardly the first to give editors trouble. Try not to hate them: Frenchwomen don't get fat, and they do get lucky.
