online archive
5:00PM
FEB 1 2008
The delusions of celebrity culture
From The Washington Spectator, Lou Dubose on Ralph Reed, John McCain and CNN. Jonathan Rauch on how our inevitable withdrawal from Iraq could poison American politics for a generation. From Public Resistance, Valerie Scatamburlo-D’Annibale (Windsor): Peddling Patriotic Correctness in the Post-9/11 Era: The Intercollegiate Studies Institute; and Andrew Austin (Green Bay): The Truth According to Bud Peterson: A Case of Enforcing Patriotic Correctness. From Onearth, a look at how discoveries about the impact of the environment on our DNA could revolutionize our concept of illness. From Techne, a special section on technology and normativity. From Applied Semiotics, an article on the "emoticon" and its roles in impression formation. America's whites-only towns: An article on the rise of "sundown towns" and their enduring legacy. More on Homo Politicus by Dana Milbank. From Japan Focus, defending the indefensible: A meditation on the life of Hiroshima pilot Paul Tibbets, Jr. From Foreign Policy, a look at how to steal an election without breaking a sweat; and an article on the world’s top spy agencies. An interview with Kurt Loder on the delusions of celebrity culture and the coming collapse of mainstream media outlets. A review of Education’s End: Why Our Colleges and Universities Have Given Up on the Meaning of Life by Anthony T. Kronman.
