From The University Bookman, a review of Education’s End: Why Our Colleges and Universities Have Given Up on the Meaning of Life by Anthony T. Kronman; a review of Beyond Capitalism and Socialism: A New Statement of an Old Idea; histories right and left: A review of Rightward Bound: Making America Conservative in the 1970s; and A Conservative History of the American Left by Daniel J. Flynn; and here's the conservative exiles’ reading list. From OJR, journalism is the business of building communities — so newsrooms must hire from within those communities; and here are ideas that get in the way of saving journalism. A review of Work Hard Be Nice: How Two Inspired Teachers Created the Most Promising Schools in America by Jay Mathews (and more). What if the September 11th attacks had coincided with the ravage of Hurricane Katrina? Weighing the connections between weather and terrorism in India during November’s monsoon and the Mumbai attacks. An interview with Julienne Stroeve on tracking the fallout of the Arctic's vanishing sea ice. Daniel Gross on dumb money: Are executives villains or morons? From American Sexuality, an article on Richard Burton's Kama Sutra quest. Tails of a curious submariner: A US Marine with a lot of time on his hands has noticed that a strange thing happens when you keep tossing a coin.
