online archive
9:00AM
FEB 8 2008
They know where you are
From Prospect, should the Jews, as Gandhi counselled, have submitted willingly to their Nazi oppressors? From Haaretz, a look at how Israel is no longer the world's "Mecca" of Jewish studies. A review of The Culture of Calamity: Disaster and the Making of Modern America by Kevin Rozario; Blindside: How to Anticipate Forcing Events and Wild Cards in Global Politics; and Worst-Case Scenarios by Cass R. Sunstein. A look at how Obama could create a long term Democratic majority. Alfred Regnery on how McCain can convince the Right. They know where you are: The web is such a data goldmine that governments can now track us in more detail than ever before. Martin Amis's £80k salary is part of a culture of secrecy about how much professors are paid, while Terry Eagleton faces the axe at Manchester University. A look at why Europe must be realistic about life after Bush. A review of Paul Edward Gottfried's Conservatism in America: Making Sense of the American Right. Three young men try waterboarding and tell the tale. John Allen Paulos puts candidates' religion to the test. The Second Sex, the second time: Jessa Crispin considers de Beauvoir's work in a self-help age. Guessing games: Curiosity and concealment have a grand literary history. Safe sex, dangerous love: We would do better spending time with Roman poetry than with popular psychology.
