From The New York Times Magazine, a special issue on architecture. How Tweet It Is: Is microblogging the shortcut to generating buzz for university press books? Scott McLemee works up the attention span to find out. Simon Critchley on Being and Time: Why Heidegger matters; on "mineness"; and "being-in-the-world". Brush up your Hegel, Sarko: Monsieur President's burka outburst suggests he can't tell his abstract and concrete freedoms apart. A look at how Adam Smith was closer to Karl Marx than those showering praise on Smith today. Equal right to kiss: Why you may be disgusted by gay behavior without knowing it. What about us gays who are flamers? The editor of a gay website lambasts those gay activists who want a "tolerance message" added to Sacha Baron Cohen’s new comedy "Bruno" (and more). Get a life, Holden Caulfield: Young readers now see the protagonist of J. D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye as a whining preppy, not as a virtuous outcast (and more and more). From Intelligent Life, an interview with Lewis Lapham, media maven, historian. The official story about the Times reporter David Rhode's dramatic kidnapping and escape leaves much unexplained — inside sources offer their accounts to fill in the gaps. An interview with Paul Ginsborg, author of Democracy: Crisis and Renewal.