archive

“A quiet man who kept to himself”

From Fortune, an article on the end of blogging: The way we communicate is changing at a breakneck pace, and don't expect it to slow down; and men are from Facebook, women are from Twitter? Studies show the genders really are different online. Peter Osnos on why the Times blew Watergate. A Defense of Quiet Loners: With every high profile murder one expects to read some rattled neighbor saying the suspected killer was "a quiet man who kept to himself". At MIT's fabled Media Lab, some will change the world with robots and computers, others with Wii guitars. A review of Global Justice: A Cosmopolitan Account by Gillian Brock. A review of Satire TV: Politics and Comedy in the Post-Network Era by Jonathan Gray, Jeffrey Jones, and Ethan Thompson. Lynn Barber describes her introduction to an adult world of sexuality and betrayal and how she was damaged by her suitor's lessons in life. Ange Mlinko reviews Hollywood & God by Robert Polito and Assorted Poems by Susan Wheeler. Christopher Buckley on how Joe Scarborough can save the GOP (and more). From Metapsychology, a review of The Case Against Punishment: Retribution, Crime Prevention, and the Law by Deirdre Golash; and a review of The Problem of Punishment by David Boonin.