From Cracked, a look at the world of tomorrow (if the Internet disappeared today). Hillary Reborn: At State, as in the Senate, she often talks softly — but that doesn’t mean she doesn’t carry a big stick. An interview with Sara Wheeler, a writer in residence with the US Polar Program, on the uplifting grandeur of the polar regions. Jeet Heer reviews The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb (and more and more and more and an excerpt). A striking graphic history tells the story of the Honduras coup and unrest (and more). Dissecting the List, an Excursus: It’s probably its hospitality to debate that makes the “Best Of” list so popular in the first place; as with any mirror, it is fearsomely hard to look away. Haaretz profiles Christopher Hitchens and Jacques Attali. From Esquire, a special section on The Language of Men, an illustrative (and illustrated) guide to the way we talk now — the euphemisms, the idioms, and the curses that represent us. Clearly, Matt Drudge has developed a fascination with the declining U.S. dollar. Decline of the Dollar: Don't believe everything you read on the Drudge Report — well into the next few decades, the global economy will still be all about the benjamins. Roald Dahl's children's books are full of barely submerged misogyny, lust and violence; the new film version of Fantastic Mr Fox is an ideal introduction to this fabulous, cruel world. Robert Farley on the EMP threat: Lots of hype, little traction. A review of The Cartoons That Shook the World by Jytte Klausen. From THES, Bruce Krajewski on Microcosmographia Administrativa: Being an Incomplete Set of Etiological Considerations.