online archive
5:00PM
FEB 12 2008
This republic of suffering
Morris Altman (Saskatchewan): How much economic freedom is necessary for economic growth? An excerpt from The Moral Conditions of Economic Efficiency by Walter J. Schultz. A review of Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood by Mark Harris (and more). Dateline Hollywood: Celebrities go deep for Dems (and more on Chris Matthews). A review of The Age of American Unreason by Susan Jacoby (and more). An article on the case for disunity. Challenging history: Harvard Leader Drew Gilpin Faust breaks new ground studying the past, and more on This Republic of Suffering. A review of The New Cold War: How the Kremlin Menaces both Russia and the West by Edward Lucas (and more and more). A look at why Rare Earth: Why Complex Life Is Uncommon in the Universe is becoming obsolete. Funny business on the funny pages: Why some black cartoonists aren't laughing. A review of Misunderestimated and Overunderappreciated: The George W. Bush Administration as Seen Through the Eyes of the Tribune's Syndicated Editorial Cartoonists. Discipline and punish: Like characters in some morality play, referees are greeted with boos, taunts, profanity, and worse. A review of Negro With a Hat: Marcus Garvey by Colin Grant (and more). A look at how Dutch architects plan for a floating future.
1:00PM
FEB 12 2008
Pragmatism and the politics of truth
From Vision, the conclusion of the series "Messiahs! Rulers and the Role of Religion": The Final False Messiah. A review of Democratic Hope: Pragmatism and the Politics of Truth by Robert Westbrook. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is the anti-Rumsfeld: cautious, courteous and conciliatory, but will that be enough to bring Washington together on Iraq and Iran? Fred Kaplan on why Gates and Rice shouldn't be angry, or surprised, at NATO's failure in Afghanistan. Objection: Funny legal ads draw censure. From Open Democracy, Anthony Barnett on taking Obama seriously. The Perils of Passion: A look at why the Dems must unite soon. A kiss, it turns out, is definitely not always just a kiss. The Chikungunya Question: What effect does climate change have on the spread of disease? A review of Psychology's Interpretive Turn: The Search for Truth and Agency in Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology by Barbara S. Held. A review of Mind in Life: Biology, Phenomenology, and the Sciences of Mind by Evan Thompson. A review of Explaining the Brain: Mechanisms and the Mosaic Unity of Neuroscience by Carl F. Craver. Wired goes inside the multimillion-dollar battle to host the Air Force's new "Cyber Command". From TAP, an article on Obama's demographic problem. From Der Spiegel, an article on the three myths of the US election campaign.
9:00AM
FEB 12 2008
Websites of evil
From Ctheory, Jordan Crandall (UCSD): An Actor Prepares. Love-cost analysis: Your long-distance relationship might be more expensive than you think. A look at how George torpedoed Jeb's presidential hopes and sank the family's political dynasty. The introduction to The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger by Marc Levinson. Websites of Evil: The online worlds of Kim Jong Il, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and other notorious unfriendlies. A review of The European Union as Global Actor by Charlotte Bretherton and John Vogler. The introduction to Made with Words: Hobbes on Language, Mind, and Politics by Philip Pettit. More on The Commission by Philip Shenon. An interview with Jim Ledbetter, editor of a book on Marx's journalism, Dispatches for the New York Tribune. An article on Facebook and the death of privacy. Esther Dyson on the coming ad revolution: Google and Microsoft are so yesterday, and a look at why Microsoft's bid for Yahoo! is not just about online advertising (and more). From Inside Higher Ed, can liberal arts colleges be saved? Single and happy: It’s the norm, not the exception. More and more on Against the Machine: Being Human in the Age of the Electronic Mob by Lee Siegel (and an interview). Reading Lolita in Cairo: A review of Morning and Evening Talk by Naguib Mahfouz.
