From n+1, at its best, El Malpensante exhibits not only the critical rigor that is expected of a publication of its sort, but also a touch of youthful perversity and mischief, now adult in its methods and motivations. Here are 7 superpowers the world can do without. Strange News: The origin of sex are pinned down — on wild strawberries. It's Living Room 2.0: Boxee, the open-source software that puts the Internet on your TV, is poised to revolutionize how and what we watch; could it reunite the family, too? A chance to join the world: Neal Ascherson on a future for Abkhazia. A weakened economy needs strengthened humanities: Economic freedom has turned toxic because we lack the cultural maturity that the humanities used to provide. Roger Kimball on tenured radicals: Still tenured, still radical. From

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