online archive
5:00PM
MAR 28 2008
The professor as open book
Sonia de Camargo (Catholic U - Rio): Europe Debates Its Destiny. The Accidental Environmentalist: Oil man Matthew Simmons reconsiders the future of black gold. How do the two venerable newsweeklies stack up these days? A review of The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order by Parag Khanna. Fred Halliday on why the rise of "sovereign wealth funds" signals the end of the neo-liberal model. David Mamet's rather unspectacular public denouement of his former political stance has all the controversy of Paris Hilton announcing that her next career move involves a stripper's pole. More on The Portable Atheist. Getting Hosed: Investigative humorist Gene Weingarten absorbs 24 hours of relentless punditry, and survives — sort of. Dave Eggers asks the TED community to personally, creatively engage with local public schools. What's the matter with kids today? Nothing, actually, aside from our panic that the Internet is melting their brains. The professor as open book: There are many reasons professors have embraced the Web and other media to reveal more of themselves. Is there still a place for sin in modern society? The decade is winding down — Scott McLemee wonders what it was all about. Why do black comedians like Tyler Perry, Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence don plus-size pantyhose and parade around as their feisty grandmas?
1:00PM
MAR 28 2008
Fighting the urge to fight the urge
From TAP, Barack Obama is offering the most sweeping liberal foreign-policy critique we've heard from a serious presidential contender in decades — but will voters buy it? It’s a good thing that Bear Stearns was saved, but it’s also a good thing that it nearly died. A look at why sex scandals are good for American democracy. If climate change is even partially as destructive as we suspect, our notion of national sovereignty is about to be challenged by new forces. A review of Greenspan's Bubbles: The Age of Ignorance at the Federal Reserve by William Fleckenstein. Fighting the urge to fight the urge: Our capacity for self control may be running on empty. More on The Man Who Made Lists by Joshua Kendall. A review of Karl Marx: His Life & Thought by David McLellan. All of John McCain’s actions can be seen as an attempt to use the federal government to restore your faith in the federal government. McCain may be the first real postmodernist candidate for the presidency. Predicting panic: When does a crowd become a mob, and what can public safety and security professionals do to predict, prevent, or control it? A review of Art, Emotion and Ethics by Berys Gaut. A review of Pulitzer's Gold: Behind the Prize for Public Service Journalism by Roy J. Harris Jr. A review of Fatal Misconception: The Struggle to Control World Population by Matthew Connelly (and more and more).
9:00AM
MAR 28 2008
What will you do when the world ends?
From Asia Times, Chan Akya on why markets love dictators; and the shape of US populism: Henry CK Liu on a rich free-market legacy — for some — and the long-term effects of the Civil War. Daniel Gross on how Roosevelt-era reforms are saving capitalism—again. British artist-writer Graham Rawle resisted the idea of printing Woman’s World, a new novel about a possibly homicidal cross-dresser. Wherefore, Gore? If he gets in at all, his part may be Mr. Unity, after last primaries are done. Global warming, nuclear terrorism, pestilence and asteroids—what will you do when the world ends? Andrew Miller is worried, and bracing himself for The End Of The World As We Know It. It's better to give than receive: Philanthropists aren't being that altruistic. From Discover, here are 20 things you didn't know about sex — and you thought you knew everything. More on Martha Nussbaum's Liberty of Conscience. A review of Unruly Americans and the Origins of the Constitution by Woody Holton. A review of Worlds at War: The 2,500-Year Struggle between East and West by Anthony Pagden (and more). A look at how "gay" became children's insult of choice. The McCain Mutiny: Correcting media myths—and erecting new ones. Why we should fear a McCain presidency: Some of the worst 20th century catastrophes were caused by brave men with a passionate sense of national mission.
