From Flashpoint, Ellen Cardona (CC): Pound’s Early Years, 1885-1924: The Evolution of a Suburban Prejudice; and "Our friend the atom": An article on Walt Disney and the atomic bomb. Scott McLemee says farewell to a man of letters, John Leonard. There is another way to spend your philanthropic time and money: going to parties. A review of Mindboggling: Preliminaries to a Science of the Mind by Roy Harris. A review of Unholy Business: A True Tale of Faith, Greed and Forgery in the Holy Land by Nina Burleigh. Jewcy takes a look at the financial crisis, in six easy pieces. Advice to Democrats: Act boldly, act swiftly, and stop worrying about losing seats in the midterm elections. An excerpt from Make It Plain: Standing Up and Speaking Out by Vernon Jordan. From Seed, mathematician Steven Strogatz

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