From Cardus, an interview with David Naugle, author of Reordered Love, Reordered Lives. A review of Ancestral Roots: Modern Living and Human Evolution by Timothy Clack. A review of The Long and the Short of It: A Guide to Finance and Investment for Normally Intelligent People Who Aren’t in the Industry by John Kay. The Hidden State of Culture: New Jersey often brings to mind pollution and shopping malls, but it's an epicenter of artistic talent. A review of Law and Judicial Duty by Philip Hamburger. Whatever your position, the Executive Order has been used by presidents for good, for ill, and sometimes for just plain odd reasons. Moving pains: Obama's people are finding it hard to take his "movement" with them to Washington. The unkindliest cut: When a compliment hides an insult. Has the first great novel of the 21st century just arrived from South America? More on Roberto Bolano's 2666 (and an excerpt from Bolano’s Nazi Literature in the Americas). More and more and more and more and more and more on Snark by David Denby (and an interview). From Chronicles, an article on the comparative insignificance of politics. From The Chronicle, an article on America's Least Dangerous Professors. From City Journal, more on Save the World on Your Own Time by Stanley Fish. Forgiveness and irony: Roger Scruton on what makes the West strong.
