From TNR, Amartya Sen on how the Universal Declaration of Human Rights really did change the world. The economic crisis could spark a deep cultural change among Americans who have long prized consumerism above all else. A review of The Billion Dollar Game: Behind-the-Scenes of the Greatest Day in American Sport — Super Bowl Sunday by Allen St. John. Why real men don't like spas: Ill-fitting gowns, whale songs and lavender candles — no wonder many men struggle with the spa experience. A review of The Religious Crisis of the 1960s by Hugh McLeod. The British government is planning tougher penalties for men who use trafficked prostitutes, but who is helping the women themselves? Putting out for a good assignment: The line between sexy and sleazy is easily blurred when female writers use their personal lives as fodder. The Zen of Porn: If pornography is everywhere, is it nowhere? Research suggests the ability to map numbers onto a line, a foundation of all mathematics, is universal, but the form of this universal mapping is not linear but logarithmic. A review of Teenagers: A Natural History by David Bainbridge. No inaugural address has so thoroughly rejected the political philosophy and legislative record of the previous administration. Soviets behind the wheel: If the car was symbolic of individual freedom in the USA, what did it mean to the ideologues of the USSR?
