From the International Journal of Baudrillard Studies, Gerry Coulter (Bishop’s): J. G. Ballard: Philosopher of the Future Present; and Harold Pinter: Forgetting What Art Knows. From the Mises Institute, Jeff Riggenbach on the brilliant but confused radicalism of George Orwell. A review of Better Living through Reality TV: Television and Post-Welfare Citizenship by Laurie Ouellette and James Hay. Why is Discovery's Shark Week so beloved? New Left Review remembers Giovanni Arrighi, capital's cartographer. Unnatural Science: The uses and abuses of science blogging. From Pathways, a special section on "the Obama Effect" and the future of inequality. How we got to Sesame Street: Tim Madigan remembers Tim Cooney (1930-1999). From Naval History magazine, a special issue on shipwrecks. It's your birthday: How great is it that the single shared experience across the English-speaking world involves bad craft and humiliation? A look at 8 historic symbols that mean the opposite of what you think. A review of The Fat Studies Reader. The $2 camisole: How cheap is ruining our lives. How superheroes conquered the planet: 2010 marks the anniversary of a humble pulp and magazine company that has left a permanent mark on the world's imagination. Haven’t we always been modern? Eric Gans wonders. A review of Sex, Drugs, and Body Counts: The Politics of Numbers in Global Crime and Conflict.
