Alan S. Gerber and Donald P. Green (Yale) and Christopher W. Larimer (UNI): Social Pressure and Voter Turnout: Evidence from a Large-Scale Field Experiment. From NYRB, David Bromwich on Euphemism and American Violence; a review of books on happiness; a review of books on Condoleezza Rice; and Michael Massing on the Volunteer Army: Who fights and why? To mark this week’s fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, nine experts on military and foreign affairs reflect on their attitudes in the spring of 2003. Spitzenfreude: Wall Streeters suggest his fall exonerates them? No way. Blame it on the primal brain of Homo Politicus (and more). An interview with Paul Slansky, author of My Bad: The Apology Anthology. A review of Why We're Liberals: A Political Handbook for Post-Bush America by Eric Alterman. People sometimes call him a public intellectual; indeed, Scott McLemee has no credentials of any kind. A review of Eric Weisbard’s Listen Again: A Momentary History of Pop Music. Words Words Words: Are excessive lyrics ruining pop music? From The Atlantic Monthly, Shooting Britney: How a French journalist recruited a posse of Brazilian parking attendants and pizza-delivery guys and helped create Hollywood’s most addictive entertainment product. The new organic: The future of food may depend on an unlikely marriage, organic farmers and genetic engineering.
