From NYRB, a review of Reading Judas by Elaine Pagels and Karen L. King and The Lost Gospel of Judas Iscariot by Bart D. Ehrman; Michael Chabon reviews Lush Life by Richard Price; Garry Wills on two speeches on race; and what have we learned, if anything? Tony Judt investigates. It's a cinematic archetype as reliable as the fish out of water and the blonde in distress: the disheveled, misanthropic college professor; there's little doubt why academia provides such a tempting backdrop for filmmakers. Catholicism, Inc.: An interview with Rev. John Jenkins, president of the University of Notre Dame. Freedom and faith on campus: Mindless dogmatism is not part of the Catholic intellectual tradition (and here's how to read the coat of arms of Pope Benedict XVI). From The Telegraph, a list of the 100 most powerful people in British culture. Is John McCain Bob Dole? Or is he Dwight Eisenhower? Inventing John McCain: The maverick icon of American duty and patriotism is as much a literary creation as a political one — meet the author. His involvement with Dissent was, so to speak, one of Norman Mailer’s more improbable marriages, and by no means the shortest. Confused by the war in Iraq? No wonder — there isn't just one, there are three. As the economy deteriorates, the calls grow louder for government intervention — is it time to reconsider Milton Friedman’s legacy?