From TNR, a review of Spies: The Rise and Fall of the KGB in America by John Earl Haynes, Harvey Klehr, and Alexander Vassiliev; and David Thomson reviews Kazan on Directing. From Slate, wrong commencement speakers: Don't invite people who succeeded — invite people who failed; and politicians make lousy commencement speakers — hire a celebrity instead. What ever happened to the live album? Web video has made recorded concert albums nearly obsolete. A review of Think Like a Champion: An Informal Education in Business and Life by Donald Trump. Why is there so much unemployment in a depression? Richard Posner investigates. If such trends continue, new subspecies may develop that are unable to understand one another. A review of Embodied: Victorian Literature and the Senses by William A. Cohen. A review of Evolutionary Psychology as Maladapted Psychology by Robert C. Richardson. A review of The Letters of Samuel Beckett, 1929-1940 (and more from Bookforum). From Splice Today, were Boswell alive today, he might be trolling social networking sites for biographical research; and proof that blogs are the future: The New York State Senate’s website has incorporated bloggers and new media, resulting in one of the most impressive, and functional, government portals.