online archive
1:00PM
FEB 4 2008
Who’s been sleeping in your head?
Martin Feldstein (Harvard): Designing Institutions to Deal with Terrorism. Dahlia Lithwick on doing away with the legislative fiction of the terrorist alarm clock. How democracy produced a monster: What happened in Germany in 1933 reminds us of the need for cooperation to restrain potential “mad dogs” in world politics before they are dangerous enough to bite; and isn’t it time to send a message to Germany’s children — and everyone else’s — that will help them to stand up against present evils as well as mourning past ones? Do all companies have to be evil? An article on Enron, Google and the evolutionary psychology of corporate environments. From The Nation, a look at why Obama is the left's best chance to take back the country (and more). To understand Obama, understand this: The man is Hawaiian. Matt Welch on the unlikely comeback of John McCain, Maverick warmonger. To celebrate Darwin's 199th birthday, scientific commentators explain what they’d like to say to him round the supper table. From TLS, a review of books on China. A statesman without borders: Can Bernard Kouchner, a 60-something, high-energy, danger-loving doctor turned foreign minister, make France a global player again? A review of Who's Been Sleeping in Your Head? The Secret World of Sexual Fantasies by Brett Kahr. Amazing Racism: A study that shows the true stupidity of discrimination.
