From The New Yorker, Jeffrey Toobin on campaign tips from the man who has done it all; and Hendrik Hertzberg writes in defense of Chris Matthews. William Saletan on the normalization of oral sex. From Rolling Stone, Democrats regained control of Congress by promising to stand up to Bush — so why does the Senate leadership keep rolling over without a fight? Paul Johnson on how the importance of the hand is the real link between the workman, the artist and the intellectual. The smog of academic consensus: A "conservative studies" professor is exactly what calcified universities need. From Der Spiegel, a special report on why NATO troops can't deliver peace in Afghanistan. Hegel and the chicken suit: A Lacanian analysis of comedy that trips up on a few Real and Symbolic banana skins. Can Europe have world-class universities as well as social justice in education? Tracing humanity's path: Modeling study suggests modern humans peopled the world in nine phases. Business Week finds US schools are not that bad. Asserting his authenticity and his integrity as far as the right is concerned, Plinio Correa de Oliveira questions the authenticity and integrity of the little man and his like as far as the center is concerned. A review of On Empire: America, War, and Global Supremacy by Eric Hobsbawm. When it comes to foreign policy, John McCain is more of a neocon than President Bush.