Voices Without Votes opens a window on what non-Americans are saying in blogs and citizen media about US foreign policy and the 2008 presidential elections. Who's Wall Street's candidate in the presidential race? An excerpt from Dreams of Peace and Freedom: Utopian Moments in the Twentieth Century by Jay Winter. An excerpt from History's Locomotives: Revolutions and the Making of the Modern World by Martin Malia. Fifteen minutes of fame: " American Idol" is brilliant because it actually delivers on the promise, then takes it away. A review of The Commission: The Uncensored History of the 9/11 Investigation by Philip Shenon. More on Jonathan Chait's The Big Con. The US government is keen to invoke Keynesian economics, but their efforts lack the philosopher's ideal of shared prosperity (perhaps Germany will do better by Keynes?). Chalmers Johnson on the economic disaster that is military keynesianism. Mr. Brin Goes to Washington: Google does unto Microsoft what Microsoft has done unto them. From Mute, an article on art stripped bare by post-Autonomists, even. Immanuel Wallerstein on the demise of neoliberal globalization. Project Runway's Tim Gunn reviews the candidates and gives advice on how to "Make It Work" (and more). From The Atlantic, an article on the case for settling for Mr. Good Enough. An article on marriage: It's only going to get worse.
