From CQ, an article on the vice presidency, an office under scrutiny. From Dissent, Lillian Rubin on the untold health care story: How they crippled Medicare; Leonard Fein on reflections of a sometime Israel lobbyist; and a review of Nixonland by Rick Perlstein (and an excerpt at Bookforum). The cartoon epic "Y: The Last Man," the most entertaining satire about gender in recent memory, comes to its triumphant conclusion. From Miller-McCune, environment becomes heredity: An article on the field of epigenetics; and can scientists and journalists learn to beat the doubt industry before our most serious problems beat us all? A review of A Shadow of Red: Communism and the Blacklist in Radio and Television by David Everitt. God save New Zealand from the cannibals: Its military is certainly no longer up to the task. From The Globe & Mail, Cynthia McDonald on sex and the male novelist. Nathan Robinson on what it's like to watch FOX News for 24 straight hours. Stop reading this trivia: Few things annoy John Blyth as much as being told there are more important things to worry about. From Economic Principals, what are the chances that, in this moment of genuine peril, we might go blind? A review of Havana Nocturne: How The Mob Owned Cuba And Then Lost It To The Revolution by T.J. English. A sociological analysis shows the emergence of a "rights revolution" in China.
