online archive
5:00PM
OCT 23 2007
Miscellany
From Strange Maps, a look at how 1937 is a foreign country; and a look at Europe, if the Nazis had won. Becoming Adolf: Hitler's Toothbrush mustache is one of the most powerful symbols of the last century, an inch of hair that represents infinite evil—the author had his reasons for deciding to wear one. Speak No "Evil": Why can’t we call the diabolical by its proper name? Here's a map of the Apocalypse, according to Christian eschatology. A review of The Year of Living Biblically: One Man’s Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible by A. J. Jacobs (and more and more and more on literalism ad absurdum). In a trek across America, performance artist Reverend Billy delivers a brilliant but critical message. Researchers confirm the power of altruism in Wikipedia. European-Americans claim to be happy in general – more happy than Asian-Americans or Koreans or Japanese – but are more easily made less happy by negative events. Curing, not punishing, addicts: In contrast to U.S. policy, European countries focus on harm reduction — and it works. An article on 5 myths about that demon crack. A review of The Book of Vice: Very Naughty Things (And How to Do Them) by Peter Sagal. The confession makes a guilty verdict almost automatic. So why are many "suspects" making false confessions? A review of (If) I Did It: Confessions of the Killer by OJ Simpson, the Goldman Family and Pablo F Fenjves.
