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[Jun 4] From Pakistan, on corruption
and political regimes. From Lebanon, on the pros
and cons of extremist websites. From Saudi Arabia, why intellectual
curiosity can only do Muslims good. From Nigeria, on saving
history from ethnic propaganda. From the Czech Republic, how Western
knowledge
of 'contemporary' Czech culture is too often hackneyed and limited
to Kundera, Klima, Havel, et al. From New Zealand, on Winston
Peters as the ultimate kingmaker. From Canada, in the shadow of Generation
X and the Seniors Tsunami, how can today's youth plot their own
course to happiness? The Economist reviews recent
events in Iraq. On how Moqtada
al-Sadr's message reverberates in Iraqi society. As President
Bush goes to Rome, take a look at Bush, Kerry, and a battle
for Catholics (and more on their
soft spots). David Corn on what's
gone right and wrong in Kerry's campaign. A federal judge declares
the Partial-Birth
Abortion Ban Act unconstitutional--and why
this is a phony issue. An interview with Adam
Parfrey of Feral House Press. The Memory Hole is banned
by the military in Iraq. And the revolution
will be posterized! [Jun 3] From Nigeria, an article on the logic of democracy. From Great Britain, why the resort to postal voting assumes that there is a quick fix for our deep democratic malaise. From France, why Le Pen is mightier on the net, and on the French fondness for farming. From China, where have all the folk customs gone? From Japan, marriages, births and hanky-panky are all spiraling downward. Spain’s former finance minister Rodrigo Rato takes over as head of the IMF. It is worth taking a good close look at what is happening in Saudi Arabia. More on the casualty count in Iraq. Prozac is seen as effective in treatment of adolescents. Penn State's Michael Berkman and Eric Plutzer on school boards, budgets and referenda "at democracy's core". A review of City: Urbanism and its End. Why is there a thirty-year interval between historic bridge failures? Here's a crusade sure to infuriate the vast majority of penny-pinching traditionalists. A writer delves into a potpourri of essays and narratives to find enlightenment. How life has suddenly become more risky for news editors. And from Salon, more on The Wisdom of Crowds, and "Go down, young men!" [Jun 2] From the United Arab Emirates, how Dubai has become one of the world's most successful business ventures. From Canada, a profile of Irshad Manji, Islam's marked woman. From Germany, on a subtle national obsession. China opens a window on the really big ideas. The Economist takes a look at India's new government, and why commonly used, but flawed, economic measures can lead to bad decision-making (does that include the Big Mac Index?) Bush rolls out Operation Comeback, so you can expect mostly unprecedented negativity. From The American Conservative, why the Bush presidency looks like an Edsel. On the most striking contrast between Bush and Kerry. Why Kerry can't win it, but Bush could still lose--so just in case, here's a look at what a future Kerry cabinet could look like. Perhaps the day will come when journalists will climb up from the bottom of the list of the least trusted. From American Journalism Review, how much impact does blogging have on mainstream political reporting? On a new plague: Everywhere, tabloids are shrinking. And from Slate, more on assessing online newspapers [Jun 1] From Singapore, Founding Father's son prepares to be the new PM. From India, on choosing to vote for the Nordic model of development. From Germany, on grappling with a deflated sense of pride. From Great Britain, on making voters care. From Belarus, on President Alyaksandr Lukashenka, Europe's last dictator. Despite tensions, the economic ties between the EU and the US are closer and deeper than ever. A look at the socio-political consequences of the European expansion. Lunch with the FT: Australia's John Howard. The Wall Street Journal's James Taranto introduces an Electoral College calculator. John McCain on why the Red Cross is right to criticize the U.S. military when it steps out of line. More on The Importance of Being Famous. A review of In Defence of Aristocracy. A review of Juan Carlos: a people's king. How a wedding photograph, which features representatives of 34 royal families from around the world, tells us much about our super-elites. And long gone are the days when Europe's inbred royalty kept to itself [May 31] From Jamaica, Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide leaves for South Africa. From Lebanon, the success of Hezbollah at polls shows elections may not bring US-friendly governments. From Morocco, on political frustrations and the longing of so many of its people for escape. From Germany, poor economy is driving east Germans from their homes. From Russia, on religion and repression. From China, the world's most populous nation faces a population crisis. From India, on Wittgenstein and national languages. From Nigeria, on celebrating a new language. Berkeley's John Yoo on why terrorists have no Geneva rights. Obituaries: Watergate figures Archibald Cox and Sam Dash. From Reason, how the press gets the military wrong and why it matters. One thing about journalism that is both natural, yet occasionally distorting, is the "megaphone effect." More on The Creation of the Media. On the Get-Rich Con: are media values better now? Veteran reporter Jack Germond on why he'll still show up for the non-show Democratic convention. MTV plans a new channel for gays and lesbians. A look at when life's an open blog. And for some, the blogging never stops [Weekend] From Iraq, on the tough tasks for the new prime minister, Ayad Allawi. From Georgia, on the not-so-velvet revolution. From Spain, the Catholic church opposes PSOE's proposals for changes in sexual and family laws. From India, why Congress should deliver fairness, or the BJP and Hindu chauvinism will be back. From Taiwan, on ethnic integration as a false idol. From Iran, on the role of social justice in its future construction. From the United States, how the power blackout in August 2003 had an unexpected benefit: the air became cleaner. Conservative allies take Chalabi case to the White House, and Christopher Hitchens defends him too. Does the absence of sin correlate with an excess of fat? Here's a rock-solid truth that our culture tries to deny: we don't choose the people we love. Prepare yourself for the next big conundrum: Singles will complain that society is prejudiced against them. On friends, friends with benefits and the benefits of the local mall. A review of O: The Intimate History of the Orgasm. On a shocking new research finding: Sex makes us happier. And it was written: 'Thou shalt commit adultery' [May 28] From Sudan, will the recent peace deal work? From Nigeria, what can policy makers and civil society groups do to see poverty as a disease? From YaleGlobal, on the doubts that remain over Iraq’s path to sovereignty. Newly - published Kissinger tapes describe crises, war and stark photos of abuse during the Vietnam War. Kerry delivers a speech outlining his foreign policy. On the politically charged collision over abortion between Democrats and the Catholic church. On the problematic nature of "choice" in feminism's political strategy. From Salon, Tom DeLay and Dick Armey are locked in a nasty dispute over the future of the GOP, more on Colossus, why Lauren Slater's Opening Skinner's Box is still worth a read, why we should get rid of stop signs and red lights and let cars, bikes and people mingle together, and Silicon Valley's boosters have decided that it's boring to be pessimistic. On the economic logic of executing computer hackers. And from Scientific American, an interview with Bill Gates, and can Microsoft's assemblage of all-star researchers transform computing? [May 27] From Europe, Christianity bedevils talks on EU treaty, and Adam Michnik on Europe's solidarity with Ukraine. From Great Britain, why the conservatives' Euro fraud must be exposed. From Angola, on Africa moving towards development. From Russia, on the experience of living and working in the USA. A federal appeals court upholds Oregon's law authorizing assisted suicide. Arthur Levitt on letting the little guy in the boardroom. Gregg Easterbrook on the 50-cent-a-gallon solution. Why the movie The Day After Tomorrow could get the public to take global warming seriously. National Journal profiles The Experts, those who will likely play a role in tackling some issues next fall and beyond. Carl Bernstein on a history lesson: GOP must stop Bush. How GOP operative Roger Stone destroyed the Reform Party in the 2000 presidential campaign. John Ashcroft hints that bin Laden wants Kerry to win in November. Democrats wonder if Kerry should stay on careful path. But fairness aside, do Kerry's opponents have a point when they attack his indecision? An interview with Robert Reich. Take a quick look at the DNC's 2004 Convention program. And here's an open video-letter to the president
[May 26] From La Española, death
toll from flooding rises to at least 363. From Latin America, on the
figure of Che
Guevara as martyr and T-shirt emblem. From Lebanon, how the Arab
world is living
a pre-democratic moment. From Europe, EU lifts a six-year
moratorium on new biotech foods, and Chris Patten says EU
handling of Turkey is crucial to avert an Islam-West clash. From the
Philippines, a lack
of economic opportunities fuels exodus of brightest prospects. From
Gambia, on celebrating the birth
of nationhood: what does independence mean? Curiously, the only
people of the world not preparing for the Asian century are Asians.
From PINR, on comparing Bush's
venture in Iraq to Putin's war in Chechnya. There are heightened
concerns that terrorists
already deployed in the US will attack this summer. The New York
Times traces Nicholas
Berg's odd path to his gruesome fate. Fouad Ajami on how Iraq
may survive, but the dream is dead. On what President Bush should
have said in his speech on Monday. As Kerry gets Google-bombed,
Democrats fight back. On how Kerry can appeal
to white men. On Michael Moore Conservatives: Meet
Britain's anti-American Tories. And The Observer would like
to ask Michael
Moore some questions |
[Jun 4] A new issue
of The New York Review of Books is out, including a look at the press
coverage of the Iraq war, and a review
of Antonio Damasio's Looking for Spinoza. From Open Democracy,
six Iraqis discuss Iraq's
future, Todd Gitlin on the media
and foreign policy, an atheist makes the case
for religion, on Washington uninterest in European
Union enlargement, and can America find its universal soul in being
complexly human rather than eternally innocent? From YaleGlobal,
a series on nation-building
and Iraq (part
2 and part
3). TNR's Leon Wieseltier on how
the Iraq war was not just an act of will, it was also an act of
mind. The new documentary Control
Room
shows the way Arabs and Americans look at the same events and see
two entirely different things. Peggy Noonan sizes up college
grads, secular Europeans, antismoking zealots and John Kerry. Is sex
everything?: A review
of Why We Do It: Rethinking Sex and the Selfish Gene. What are
the choices before those working
to create a global transhuman democracy in this century? And why Justice
Stevens' quiet strength can be persuasive
[Jun 3] From The Nation, a review
of Thomas Frank's What's the Matter With Kansas? How Conservatives
Won the Heart of America, a review
of books on Lincoln, a review
of A Continent for the Taking: The Tragedy and Hope of Africa,
and a look
back at The SCUM Manifesto. Former New York Times
editor Howell
Raines warns that John Kerry must find his voice or fade away.
Does the GOP have a lock
on God? David Boaz on Bush,
Kerry, and partisan hypocrisy.
Electronic voting has much to offer, but will we ever be able to trust
these buggy machines? From The Village Voice, more on
the culture
of conspiracism, and frustratingly few
young people seem to recognize their shared interests across the
lines of class, education level, and ethnicity.
A review
of Jihad In Paradise: Islam & Politics In South-east Asia.
A review
of Leviticus v. Leviathan: Choosing Our Sovereign. More
on Michael Ignatieff's The Lesser Evil. More
and more
on David Brooks' On Paradise Drive. Here are excerpts
from William F. Buckley's The Fall of the Berlin Wall (part
2, part
3, part
4, and part
5). And Instapundit on the latest
and future developments in neuroscience |
[Jun 4] From Perspective on Politics,
why separation
of theory and real-world tests often sharply limit the usefulness of
each. From Borderlands, an issue on Unassumable
Responsibility: New Perspectives on Freedom, Justice & Obligation
is out, including an introduction.
A review
of Maurice Merleau-Ponty's Nature: Course Notes from the Collège de
France. From Canada, an excerpt from a speech by Will
Kymlicka, the 2004 recipient of the Killam Prize in social sciences.
From Oregon, why feminism
is the solution for humanity's plights.
From The Heritage Foundation, on the Laffer Curve, past
present and future. More and more graduate schools seek
admissions recommendations online. Professors Martha
Ackelsberg and Judith Plaskow on why they're not getting married.
Mike Adams looks at Cornell's
English faculty and doesn't like what he sees. An article on Lenin
and the socialist paper. Graphic novelist Will
Eisner takes on religious intolerance. A twin study delves into the DNA
of love.
Scientists watch the brain wrestle
with moral dilemmas. A profile of Frank
Close, physics deconstructionist. And a look at the latest
offbeat news from academia [Jun 3] J. Tobin Grant (SIU): What Divides Us?: The Image and Organization of Political Science pdf. [You are invited to send comments to grant@siu.edu] From LRB, a review of Emperors Don't Die in Bed, and how Britain's news-stands are heaving with magazines devoted to the rough magic of being a bloke. From Australia, "I believe in equality" has been replaced with "I believe men and women are equal, so I believe women should shut up". From Great Britain, it's revealed that a Glasgow University professor worked for the CIA. A review of The Cultural Defense. Money-game experiments show cultural variances in behavior: People just don't like cheapskates. It's human nature. On how bohemian culture is now the norm. More on 'Cold Warrior' Melvin Lasky. And assorted book reviews: A review of books on American childhood; a review of Boomer Nation; a review of Can't Find My Way Home: America in the Great Stoned Age, 1945-2000; a review of The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin (and more); a review of Fallen Order: A History; a review of The Bone Woman; a review of The Italian Boy; a review of You are Here; a review of Hiding the Elephant; a more on The Paradox of Choice [Jun 2] Luc Wintgens (EALT): Legisprudence as a New Theory of Legislation pdf. William Forbath (UT): Not So Simple Justice: Frank Michelman on Social Rights, 1969--Present. A review of Herbert Marcuse: A Critical Reader. From The Washington Post's Book World, many reviews of books on World War II. A review of The Cold War: A History in Documents and Eyewitness Accounts. Some thoughts on the death of 'anti - Marxist' Maxime Rodinson. From Infoshop, some notes on post-left anarchy. From UCLA, on the dark side of globalization: trafficking & transborder crime to, through, and from Eastern Europe. Why Brits must thank the Turks, not Drake, for defeating the Armada. Obituary: William Hinton. Forbes chats with James Surowiecki, author of The Wisdom of Crowds. When unprovoked niceness comes to a book review editor, there's reason to be suspicious. It's many a disgruntled author's dream, but it almost never happens: A publication prints a second review of a book. Stanley Fish on what you do when you're on your way out. A review of Love, Sex, and Tragedy (and more). And more and more on O: The Intimate History of the Orgasm [Jun 1] From Ctheory, Eugene Thacker (Georgia Tech): Networks, Swarms, Multitudes (and part 2), and an essay on Dangerous Philosophy: Threat, Risk, and Security. From Disputatio, a review of The Emotions: A Philosophical Exploration pdf. From Janus Head, a review of Philosophies of Race and Ethnicity pdf. More and more on Mutants. From Scientific American, a special feature on the stem cell challenge, a look at what ails the patent system, and why do computers crash? An article on the trouble with scientific research. There are surprises in the first map of the chimpanzee chromosome. A review of The Human Story. On how dark energy is tied to human origins. Venus will soon cross the face of the sun, and astronomers around the world will have a party. Asimov's `Foundation' theories on society move from fiction to academia. Tolkien scholars embark on a quest for legitimacy in academe. What should you do if your spouse is an academic failure? For more schools, teaching morals is right. And on abstinence-only education: Does it work? [May 31] From Forum: Qualitative Social Research, an special issue on Qualitative Market, Media and Opinion Research, with an introduction. From the Australian Humanities Review, an invitation to the ecological humanities in action, a review of Complex Entanglements Art, Globalisation and Cultural Difference, and a look at Shit in Public. More on Daniele Archibugi's article in Dissent about tipping an democracy. A review of the Blackwell Companion to Philosophy of Education, a review of Doing School: How We Are Creating a Generation of Stressed Out, Materialistic, and Miseducated Students, more on Soul Made Flesh, and more on Opening Skinner's Box. A review of Roger Scruton's News From Somewhere: On Settling. A review of Six Questions of Socrates: A Modern-Day Journey of Discovery Through World Philosophy. A profile of Rev. Reginald Foster, who has devoted his life to saving Latin from extinction. For a man who gets about in a flaccid brown jumper, Alain de Botton is quite the rock star (and more). Here are 12 techniques on how to become a philosopher. On inventing your own unit of measurement for greatness. And a comment on radio hosts Click and Clack and the liberal arts [Weekend] John Kang (WKU): The Irrelevance of Sincerity: Deliberative Democracy in the Supreme Court. From Dissent, Daniele Archibugi on Tips and Democracy. From the student-run Discourse, an essay on State Sovereignty in Current Global Politics: Human Rights, State Boundaries and Humanitarian Intervention. From TLS, a review of François Cusset's French Theory, and a review of Richard Pipes' Vixi: Memoirs of a non-belonger. Alan Ryan reviews The Grace and the Severity of the Ideal. Alan Brinkley reviews The Guardians: Kingman Brewster, His Circle, and the Rise of the Liberal Establishment. A review of Resisting History: Historicism and Its Discontents in German-Jewish Thought. A review of Amitai Etzioni's From Empire to Community. Calling All Ids: A look at the struggle over the legacy of Sigmund Freud. Can movies teach moral philosophy? On how hard-core academics take The Simpsons very seriously. On a play that explores the tension within the black community over skin tone. A soup kitchen in New York tries feeding hungry minds. Phillip Ball on the potential value of a physics of society. And on studying history through playing video games [May 28] Conservativism(s): From Humanitas, Richard Stivers (ISU): Ethical Individualism and Moral Collectivism in America; a review of Eric Voegelin: The Restoration of Order; a review of Smiling Through the Cultural Catastrophe: Toward the Revival of Higher Education; and an essay on From Democracy to Hyperdemocracy. An interview with BC's Albert Keith Whitaker on his work for the Focus Philosophical Library. How the President's Council on Bioethics is reviving the humanities. From Cato's Regulation, a review of Richard Epstein's Skepticism and Freedom. Here's Hernando de Soto's speech accepting the Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty. An Objectivist review of Charles Murray's Human Accomplishment, and an interview. From Crisis, the Church vs. the Culture: the score thus far. More on Russell Kirk and the Age of Ideology. How GK Chesterton's unique theology reveals what Christians know, but forget to believe. A review of God, The Devil, and Darwin: A Critique of Intelligent Design Theory. And from Ohio State, a new theory suggests people are attracted to religion for 16 reasons [May 27] Samuel Issacharoff (Columbia): Constitutionalizing Democracy in Fractured Societies. From the International Journal on Multicultural Societies, an issue on Multiculturalism and Political Integration in Modern Nation-States, with an introduction. Trinity's Peter O'Brien suggests that liberalism leads to xenophobia when it finds it cannot reshape people to its model of life. From Race Traitor, on the life and death of Timothy McVeigh. On Bill Cosby and the speech at Howard University that shocked black America, and why does the black church oppose gay marriage? Alan Wolfe reviews of J-F Revel's Anti - Americanism and David Brooks' On Paradise Drive (and more). Wisconsin's Katherine Cramer Walsh on talking politics as a common part of everyday life. Monthly Review republishes Albert Einstein's essay Why Socialism? Business Week on how to lift the working poor. An interview with the authors of What’s Fair: Ethics for Negotiators. On why we tend to water down other people's workloads. No form of education is more commercialised than management education. But are business schools teaching the right things? In our grade - obsessed society, learning gets left behind. And grads of 2004, here's what you should be hearing [May 26] From the Journal of Memetics, Börje Ekstig (Uppsala): The Evolution of Language and Science Studied by means of Biological Concepts; and Michael Lissack (ISCE): The Redefinition of Memes: Ascribing Meaning to an Empty Cliché. An essay In defence of popular TV: carnivalesque v. left pessimism. A review of Deleuze's Wake: Tributes and Tributaries. From Books & Culture, a review of Crowded with Genius The Scottish Enlightenment: Edinburgh's Moment of the Mind, and more on Terry Eagleton's After Theory. From Chicago, Gary Becker serves on the Pentagon’s Defense Policy Board as an advisor to Donald Rumsfeld, and on a Big Problems lecture, “After Capitalism: How about Democracy?” Times like this, it seems like we could use a few more rational anarchists. Here's a thematic content analysis of national anthems of Europe and the Arab League. American doctors are five times as likely as British doctors to prescribe antidepressants to children. What sparks our dreams, especially those wacky ones? One man is on the case. Attachment therapy is based on a pseudoscientific theory that, when put into practice, can be deadly. In the search for cures, how much is permissible? And an essay on when even mathematicians don't understand the math [May 25] From Evolutionary Psychology, Daniel Kruger and Randolph Nesse (Michigan): Sexual selection and the Male:Female Mortality Ratio, a review of Genomic Imprinting and Kinship, and a review of Natural Ethical Facts: Evolution, Connectivism, and Moral Cognition. A review of Biological Complexity and Integrative Pluralism. Why gender-blind medicine serves neither men nor women well. Is public education moving towards single sex schools? The federal government is embracing science-like experiments in the public schools. There are not many people who know that the UN has a university of its own. On how many college towns have local statutes that limit students from establishing residency and registering to vote. For shy people, academic life is both protective and terrifying. Thumbing his nose at academe, a scholar tries to auction his services. And if Henry Louis Gates Jr. were an entertainer, he might challenge James Brown for the title of "hardest-working man in show business" |
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