Tim Rakow (Essex): Risk, Uncertainty and Prophet: The Psychological Insights of Frank H. Knight. From IEET, it turns out to be incredibly difficult to make good guesses about the future. The three works under consideration here have nothing to do with anything in the news now but, taken together, they tell us enough about where we are — it isn’t good. Michael Schuman on why every government should be like Hong Kong's. From 4strugglemag, Shaka Zulu, chairman on the NABPP, on the foundations of Pantherism. When the paranormal becomes political: A close encounter with Jeff Peckman. From Radical Philosophy, capitalist epics: David Cunningham on abstraction, totality and the theory of the novel. Now that the fervor over Park51, the so-called “Ground Zero mosque”, has died down somewhat, we can actually step back, take a look around, and consider: the shitstorm that just passed through town is a familiar one (and more). From New Politics, Barry Finger on why socialists should be deficit hawks. If you like radicalizing students, you'll love this. From NYRB, can we create a National Digital Library? Robert Darnton wonders; and Bill McKibben on how very little gets written about public radio: This reflects public radio’s smooth professionalism — it’s gotten so good at its basic task that it’s taken for granted, a kind of information utility. From TAP, a look at how Citizens United gave political parties even more reason to concentrate on interest groups and the rich; even with moderate tax increases, the rich find ways not to pay; and more on Chris Lehmann's Rich People Things (and more). At a time when C. P. Snow's "two cultures" of art and science seem to be drifting further apart, Oliver Sacks remains a one-man bridge between them. A look at 6 secret monopolies you didn't know run the world.
