A new issue of Military Review is out. An interview with General Anthony Zinni, author of The Battle for Peace: A Frontline Vision of America's Power and Purpose. A general in God's patriotic army: A review of The Final Move Beyond Iraq: The Final Solution While the World Sleeps by Mike Evans, shock jock for Armageddon. We've lost the war in Iraq. Here's how to handle it. A review of Statecraft and How to Restore America's Standing in the World by Dennis Ross. A review of The Infernal Machine: A History of Terrorism from the Assassination of Tsar Alexander II to Al-Qaeda by Matthew Carr.
From Government Executive, since we can't prevent every disaster or attack, why not shift focus toward surviving them?; and can missile defense systems keep commercial airlines safe? From LRB, who put the bomb on Pan Am 103? From The Economist, a special report on air travel, often nasty, brutish, long and unprofitable. But it need not be like that.
From This Magazine, a review of Pandemonium by Andrew Nikiforuk, The Upside of Down by Thomas Homer-Dixon, and Heat: How to Stop the Planet from Burning by George Monbiot; and why moving to the country will save us all. The day after tomorrow: An article on making progress on climate change. Paul Johnson on rubbish, entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics. The truth about recycling: As the importance of recycling becomes more apparent, questions about it linger. Is it worth the effort? How does it work? Is recycling waste just going into a landfill in China? Here are some answers. Can we achieve substantial cuts in greenhouse gas emissions and allow China and India the right to proceed with industrialisation? Peter Singer investigates. The Promise of the Blue Revolution: Aquaculture can maintain living standards while averting the ruin of the oceans.
From Reason, an article on immigration and its side effects: Nativist claims don't hold up under scrutiny. The Roman Empire as the gold standard of immigration: The ancient superpower could teach the U.S. a thing or two about a strong multicultural society. Home Alone: Does ethnic and racial diversity foster social isolation? There is no evidence you can find that people who have no relationships or group memberships are happy about it. People do need to belong.
From The New Yorker, A Drug on the Market: James Surowiecki on the F.D.A. Doctor or Drug Pusher? Pain is difficult to measure, and those who treat pain sufferers have to make highly subjective decisions about dosage levels of drugs that can be abused or even resold. When a doctor gets it wrong, is that bad medicine — or a drug felony?
A review of Breaking News: How the Associated Press Has Covered War, Peace, and Everything Else by Aaron Barlow. Media criticism as self-defense: An article on blaming the media in the mirror. Read all about it—but where, exactly? A review of American Carnival: Journalism Under Siege in an Age of New Media by Neil Henry; We're All Journalists Now: The Transformation of the Press and Reshaping of the Law in the Internet Age by Scott Gant; and The Cult of the Amateur: How Today's Internet Is Killing Our Culture by Andrew Keen.
From Brainwash, Sex, Lies, and Celebrity Trainwrecks: We're interested in Paris Hilton because we're interested in reality. Really; and Stewardship and Martha Stewart: How can libertarianism guide your conscience? Undead culture: Hippies and punks recede into the past, but goth lives. Why is that?
