online archive
5:00PM
FEB 5 2008
Great art for the greatest numbers
Francis Fukuyama (JHU) and Michael McFaul (Stanford): Should Democracy Be Promoted or Demoted? From Slate, a book club on Gang Leader for a Day by Sudhir Venkatesh (and more and more). Great art for the greatest numbers: An article on Dana Gioia's leadership of the National Endowment for the Arts. From Plato, what did Plato read? E. Kutash investigates. The introduction to The Soulful Science: What Economists Really Do and Why It Matters by Diane Coyle. Sean Wilentz on competing visions of the presidency: How do Clinton, Obama, Romney, and McCain understand the role of commander-in-chief? From TNR, everything you ever wanted to know about the Clintons' shadiest donors. Stanley Fish on how rational disaffection is one thing, but there's no end to the irrational hatred of Hillary Clinton. The power of love: An article on 100 years of romantic fiction. The New York Review of (Little Red) Books: How many degrees are there separating Stanley Fish, Tom Cruise, and Maoist revolution? Scott McLemee finds out. A pitiless literary hitman: A review of How Fiction Works by James Wood. Unacknowledged, unseen, unmentioned: An article on poverty in Europe. From The Moscow Times, a review of Marx's Das Kapital by Francis Wheen. What happens when a philanthropic project becomes so popular that it has trouble keeping up with demand?
