A new issue of Nieman Reports is out. From the new online magazine New Compass, Eirik Eigladan on anti-Semitism, Israel, and the Left; interview with Adam Krause, author of Art as Politics; an interview with Brian Tokar, author of Toward Climate Justice; and a review of First as Tragedy, Then as Farce by Slavoj Zizek. Donald Prothero on his book Catastrophes: Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Tornadoes, and other Earth-Shattering Disasters. Hard (Pseudo) Science: Karen Stollznow on the second coming of the VIBE Machine. The Internet’s Least Helpful Webpages: Lauren Kirchner on how content farms did Japan. The Goldstone Chronicles: There seems to be little coherence in the jurist's volte-face — did he buckle under pressure? Big Picture: Rochelle Gurstein on Middle Eastern upheaval and the promise of American life. Alasdair MacIntyre may be wrong about the details of finance, but he is right on the largest questions of political economy. William Greider on how Wall Street crooks get out of jail free. Why do we care so much about "porn for women"? The media keeps asking what makes for female-friendly smut — too bad there isn't an answer. Ain’t talkin’ 'bout love: David Ensminger on the films of Hal Hartley. The benefits of "pond scum" explained: Here's a story about how "useless" basic research can yield wondrously useful outcomes. A review of That’s Offensive! Criticism, Identity, Respect by Stefan Collini (and more). An interview with Rachel Machacek, author of The Science of Single: One Woman’s Grand Experiment in Modern Dating, Creating Chemistry and Finding Love. Exposing the Elites: Promoting a politics of social pity, today’s super-elites revive an old strategy of coercion. Clicking: Turning online friends into real-world ones is not as simple as it might seem.
