Ben Schiller (East Anglia): Selling Themselves: Slavery, Survival, and the Path of Least Resistance. From Psychology Today, a look at why nostalgia for the past is good medicine; and your 20s are always the "good old days": Our preference for certain products and cultural images that are no longer popular is explained. The Sheriff: Michelle Cottle on the semiotics of Janet Napolitano. Bartenders revive classic cocktails — the law responds by reviving classic crackdowns. Much ado about cutting: Why the big flap over circumcision? More than ever, the anti-hero, in specific Tony Soprano-esque ways, is very much alive. Gangstas R Us: Jeremy Sherman on why we love crime drama. A review of NYPD Confidential: Power and Corruption in the Country’s Greatest Police Force by Leonard Levitt. A review of Where Power Lies: Prime Ministers v the Media by Lance Price. Ingrid Hylander (Karolinska): Organizing for a Peaceful Crowd: An Example of a Football Match. A review of Andy Warhol and the Can That Sold the World by Gary Indiana. Archaeologies of Media Art: An interview with Garnet Hertz. In defense of the chick flick: After Kathryn Bigelow won an Oscar for best director, Hollywood says it's the Year of the Woman — so why the attack on female-friendly films? Just too soft to be Sartre: It's not easy being an existentialist in today's moral greyscale. Lincoln Michel reviews How to Sell by Clancy Martin. From Fletcher Forum, an interview with Jack Goldsmith on the future of enemy combatants, Guantanamo Bay, and nuclear terrorism. From Flashpoint, a special issue on artist and poet David Jones. An interview with Albert Laszlo Barabasi, author of Bursts: The Hidden Pattern Behind Everything We Do. There are 50 ways to leave your lover, according to Paul Simon — but how many ways are there to leave a friend?
