From Catalyst, a review of Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future by Bill McKibben and Capitalism 3.0: A Guide to Reclaiming the Commons by Peter Barnes. More on Alan Weisman's book The World Without Us. Nuke Power is Earth's Friend: It’s time to replace coal power with wind and, yes, nuclear. A Cure for Oil Addicts: Amory Lovins tells how we can leave the age of gas pumps profitably and painlessly. A public university sociology department has recently announced the discovery of the most toxic element yet known to social science: Capitalisium.
From Writ, when Vermont's, San Francisco's, and other cities' and towns' constituents call for impeachment of the president and vice-president, must their federal representatives listen? An essay on the ethics of Representative-Constituent relations. Power to the People: A look at the Democracy Foundation's plan to create a fourth branch of government. Originalist Sins: The faux originalism of Justice Clarence Thomas.
From The New Yorker, an unsolved killing: Jeffrey Toobin on the murder of Tom Wales, Assistant US Attorney. A study finds blacks who kill whites are most likely to be executed. A review of The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in Small Town by John Grisham. The Drug War’s Collateral Damage: Those victimized by a crackdown on marijuana since the early ’90s can be denied everything from food stamps to voting rights to the right to adopt a child.
