From New Left Review, no forbidden zone in reading: Dushu and the Chinese Intelligentsia. From PopMatters, does a conservative obsession with its past threaten the originality and imagination of today's rock music? Pink Floyd's "The Wall" casts a long shadow on the genre. A review of Changing Party Coalitions: The Mystery of the Red State-Blue State Alignment by Jerry F. Hough. Joe Brewer and George Lakoff on why voters aren't motivated by a laundry list of positions on issues. More on Suckers: How Alternative Medicine Makes Fools of Us All by Rose Shapiro. Leave it to the gentlemen of Victorian England to turn the handkerchief into something subversive. A review of Charles Bock’s Beautiful Children. Spencer Ackerman on the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, the "bipartisan" think tank that attacks Democrats. A review of The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World by David W. Anthony. Woe to the European transplant in Washington, DC, who drives passively, eats moderately and doesn't go to church. Form First Principles, the Traditionalist counterculture: A review of Rod Dreher's Crunchy Cons. Artificial intelligence stood still for 50 years but Silicon Valley is working on presenting online data in better ways. A look at how gender differences in language appear biological.