From TLS, Joshua Cohen and Thomas Nagel on how Rawls's political philosophy was influenced by his religion. A review of Pessimism of the Intellect? A History of New Left Review by Duncan Thompson. An article on treasonous clerk Stanley Fish and the lasting professoriate. A review of Vote for Caesar: How the Ancient Greeks and Romans Solved the Problems of Today by Peter Jones. Blow up the Manhattan Project: When someone says we need a new Manhattan Project, do they really mean what they think they mean? Farewell, etui: An article on the changing language of crosswords. From The August Review, the radical polarization of law enforcement: Patriots, Christians and concerned citizens are increasingly in the cross hairs of the U.S. intelligence community. The lonely planet guide: Attempts to find alien life on Earth and elsewhere. To a striking degree, "Lonely Planet" readers no longer travel in Bolivia or Thailand, but within the elastic, infinitely portable boundaries of the Lonely Planet nation. From Bookforum, Eric Banks reviews Waveland by Frederick Barthelme. The certainty principle: From evolution to climate change, the real culture wars are about language, not science; to win these wars, science needs to change the way it talks about knowledge. Should basketball's top prospects go to college, should they even go to high school?