From Democracy, a review of Liberty of Conscience: In Defense of America's Tradition of Religious Equality by Martha C. Nussbaum; Ron Paul's America: Michael Tomasky reviews Ain't My America: The Long, Noble History of Anti-War Conservatism and Middle-American Anti-Imperialism by Bill Kauffman; Brave New World War: Genetic engineering will soon turn science fiction to fact; why we need a new global treaty to control it; and the future of progressive governance depends on the unglamorous, little-noticed world of regulation. Is the Internet eroding America's Puritanism — or making it worse? Gary Kamiya wants to know. A review of Randall Kennedy's Sellout: The Politics of Racial Betrayal (and more from Bookforum). It Ain't No Joke: Hip-hop, like most other arts, intentionally pays humor less mind because,

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