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Miscellany I

From TNR, Jonathan Cohn on getting HillaryCare right—finally (and an interview). A review of Lying, Cheating, and Stealing: A Moral Theory of White-Collar Crime by Stuart P. Green. A review of The Politics of Abortion by Anne Hendershott. A review of Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa’s Greatest Explorer by Tim Jeal. A review of Rome's Vestal Virgins: A Study of Rome's Vestal Priestesses in the Late Republic and Early Empire by Robin Lorsch Wildfang. From Wired, the celebrated career of gene pioneer French Anderson collapsed suddenly in July 2004 after being accused of molestation. Unionbusting Confidential: To keep out organized labor, you need the union-busting law firm Jackson Lewis. An interview with Peter Adamson on Avicenna. More on My Grandfather’s Son: A Memoir by “angry man” Clarence Thomas (and an interview). Eggheads: A look at how bird brains are shaking up science. An article on Lt. Col. Stanislav Petrov, the man who saved the world by doing... nothing. Did Deborah Solomon of The New York Times break the paper’s strict code of ethics? An interview with Bob Johnson, the founder of Black Entertainment Television, on making black millionaires, booty-shaking videos, and why he's doesn't need Spike Lee.