The latest issue of Moment is out. From The Nation, a review of George, Being George: George Plimpton’s Life as Told, Admired, Deplored, and Envied by 200 Friends, Relatives, Lovers, Acquaintances, Rivals — and a Few Unappreciative Observers) by Nelson W. Aldrich Jr. A review of books on the history of the Panama Canal. From The Daily Beast, an article on 20 forgotten Bush scandals; and roll over, Gutenberg! Publishing legend Jason Epstein says the only way to save the book industry is to get rid of all the books. Do you suffer from blogaholism, Twitteritis, RSS Dependency, or Status Update Disorder? Then this is the seminar for you. Look closely: Do you see the onset of another Great Depression? Maybe it's all in your mind. Martin Feldstein might never win the Nobel for economics, but he may be the most influential economist of his generation. Soother in Chief: How Barack Obama calms a panicked nation. M K Bhadrakumar on Obama, soccer and South Asian security. The limits to my self-importance: An interview with David Frum. In the first index of its kind, Foreign Policy ranks the world’s best think tanks. How to live what Michael Pollan preaches: A review of Mark Bittman's Food Matters. A review of America: Empire of Liberty by David Reynolds. The City Where the Sirens Never Sleep: Detroit is dying, but, it is not dead yet.
