From Time, Facebook takes a dive: Why social networks are bad businesses; and a look at why the office oddball is good for business. From Salon, stop the Internet, I want to get off: Constant e-mailing, Web surfing and online games were melting Rebecca Traister's brain — then she found something that might actually save her from herself; and controversial "Wetlands" author Charlotte Roche talks about bodily functions, shaving pubic hair, and why there are so few euphemisms for female masturbation. Should porn screenings be allowed at state universities? Relatedly: Why would anyone care? Reading, yes, readings, no: We ill-serve students by having them study literature through the filter of a school of criticism — let outstanding writing, first and foremost, represent itself. James Parker on how pop culture fell under a Alan Moore's strange spell. A look at how comic books became part of the literary establishment (and a review of Reading Comics: How Graphic Novels Work and What They Mean by Douglas Wolk at Bookforum). Can design save the newspaper? Jacek Utko investigates. William F. Buckley Jr. sends an email from Purgatory. From Strange Maps, a look at Palestine’s Island Paradise, now with a word from its creator.

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