Anita Girvan (Victoria): Atmospheric Alienation, Carbon Tracking and Geo-Techno Agency. David L. Tubbs (King's): The Supreme Court of the United States Versus the American Family. From On the Human, Christopher Suhler and Patricia Churchland on control, conscious and otherwise. H.W. Fowler's voice in the reissued classic A Dictionary of Modern English Usage is a human one, not fettered to a slavish devotion to strict rules of grammar. From Gawker, here are a few rules for tourists visiting New York City this summer. From The Awl, Chris Lehmann on Arthur Brooks, Thomas Jefferson and the culture war on business. Gentrification and Its Discontents: A review of Naked City: The Death and Life of Authentic Urban Places by Sharon Zukin and Twenty Minutes in Manhattan by Michael Sorkin. From H-Net, a review of Friedrich Nietzsche and the Politics of History by Christian Emden; and a review of Nietzsche's Animal Philosophy: Culture, Politics, and the Animality of the Human Being by Vanessa Lemm. Francis Fukuyama reviews Friedrich Nietzsche: A Philosophical Biography by Julian Young. Blake Butler reviews About a Mountain by John D'Agata. A review of The Tyranny of Guilt: An Essay on Western Masochism by Pascal Bruckner (and more). An interview with Stan Cox, author of Losing Our Cool: Uncomfortable Truths About Our Air-Conditioned World (and Finding New Ways to Get Through the Summer). From PopMatters, a special section on the 35th anniversary of Bob Dylan’s Blood on the Tracks. Failure to communicate: The inability of many students to write clear, cogent sentences has costly implications for the digital age. Has the New Urbanism outlived its original purpose? The movement's charismatic founder, Andres Duany, seems to think so.
