From Political Affairs, an article on Marxism, philosophy, and the East/West question. From Cultural Survival Voices, a special issue on community radio. From Editor & Publisher, a special report on probing the hidden reason for newspaper crisis. The Digital Slay-Ride: What's killing newspapers is the same thing that killed the slide rule. In the face of tragedy, moral reasoning along "whodunit" lines. The Atlantic is in the ring with Quinton Jackson: A profile of an ultimate fighter (and more and more and more and more). Chris Mooney reviews books on global warming. Brad DeLong interviews Raymond Fisman and Edward Miguel, authors of Economic Gangsters: Corruption, Violence, and the Poverty of Nations (and more and more). Economists missed the brewing crisis — now many are asking: How can we do better? A look at how to be a local character: Five basic examples. Oliver Burkeman introduces six unpublished 999 transcripts, where the drama of an emergency call unfolds. The dismal state of the economy presents Obama with the chance not just to produce a recovery but to restore a more egalitarian society — and a progressive majority. What do the worlds contained within comics, within and between panels, tell us about the worlds in which we live out our lives? Reviving James Michener: An essay on the relevance of " South Pacific". A review of Sartre by Katherine J. Morris.
