online archive
1:00PM
FEB 5 2008
Da’s toch dope, man!
From LRB, a review of Praised Be Our Lords: The Autobiography by Regis Debray. More and more and more on Swimming in a Sea of Death: A Son's Memoir by David Rieff. Inside the Clinton and Obama war rooms, they’ve spent months preparing for Super Tuesday by shaping and reshaping two candidates with similar politics — but very different worldviews; and here are some things we’ve learned about this long, strange race. Getting past the '60s? It's not going to happen (and more). 1,000 Genomes Project: An article on expanding the map of human genetics. From n+1, an interview with a Hedge Fund Manager. An article on how economists dissect the "yuck" factor. From Preservation, amid our green-building boom, why neglecting the old in favor of the new just might cost us dearly. From TLS, a review of books on the World War I. Da’s toch dope, man!: The Dutch decriminalization debate moves to the "back door". A review of Discovering Levinas by Michael L. Morgan. A review of George's Secret Key to the Universe by Stephen Hawking and Lucy Hawking. From Progress, Alan Johnson on Perry Anderson, Pat Buchanan and the Israel Lobby. The Real Teens of Anytown USA: How media and technology are creating Generation Exhibitionist. Neither God nor Caesar: Being inherently pluralistic, it is incumbent upon the EU to develop a new form of secularization.
