From Human Organization, an article on the prevalence of male clients of street prostitute women in the United States. An excerpt from Creating a World Without Poverty by Muhammad Yunus. A review of Uncharitable: How Restraints on Nonprofits Undermine Their Potential by Dan Pallotta. The Bushification of Barack Obama: They have already begun — but attempts to paint the new U.S. president as little more than a clone of his predecessor have only a slim chance of success. A review of Popular Ideologies: Mass Culture at Mid-Century by Susan Smulyan. From The Daily Beast, the Internet has already changed the way the way movies are made, viewed, and distributed, but is the film industry — or the audience — ready to face what technology can actually do? Who wants to friend a millionaire? A Facebook for the rich tries its best to “keep out the average guy”. A review of Voluntary Madness: My Year Lost and Found in the Loony Bin by Norah Vincent. Lib and Let Die: John McWhorter on why the well-intentioned effort to reclaim the word "liberal" is doomed (and a response). A look at what Elizabeth Cheney's 1988 college thesis tells us about the Bush presidency. Yes, swearing can be a substitute for real humour — but used wisely and judiciously it can also be subversively witty. Do humanlike machines deserve human rights?
