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Here's CQ’s guide to all of the races. From TLS, a review of books on Lucretius; and a review of books on what the West makes of Chinese science. Naked ambition: Here's a step-by-step guide on the secrets for success in the Playboy empire. A review of Mr. Playboy: Hugh Hefner and the American Dream by Steven Watts (and more). The New Larry Flynt: Strip-club king Joe Redner is Florida's unlikeliest folk hero. From Policy Innovations, an article on the founding of Transparency International: A global campaign against corruption takes form. A review of Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You by Sam Gosling (and more and more and more).  Everett Ehrlich and Felix Rohatyn on a new bank to save our infrastructure. The One-Man Wall: How a single Arizona legislator's obsession has changed immigration policy for the worse. A review of The Idea of a European Superstate: Public Justification and European Integration by Glyn Morgan. From TED, Steven Pinker on language and how it expresses what goes on in our minds; and Noah Feldman on how politics and religion are technologies. A review of Blue Dixie: Awakening the South's Democratic Majority by Bob Moser. An interview with Dave Zirin, author of A People’s History of Sports in the United States. From Cracked, here are the 10 Commandments of Facebook