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5:00PM
FEB 11 2008
Tyranny can develop because of love
From City Journal, Ibn Warraq on why the West is best: A response to Tariq Ramadan. The Toddler Economy: Why are CEOs and Wall Street financiers behaving so childishly? An excerpt from Fear of Enemies and Collective Action by Ioannis D. Evrigenis. Girls will be girls: What different visions of female childhood tell us about ourselves. An article on Obama, Clinton and the debate over how much Supreme Court decisions matter. Will the Democratic nomination be determined by the delegation from Puerto Rico? Michael Barone investigates. Our economic dominance may be threatened by China, India, and the European Union, but when it comes to the instruments of war, nobody else is even close. A review of Possessing the World: Taking the Measurement of Colonisation from the 18th to the 20th Century by Bouda Etemad.�In some cases, it seems tyranny can develop because of love. 50 greatest books: Simon Blackburn makes the case for Plato's Republic. Modern Love breeds book deals: That Sunday Styles column you love to hate is coming back at you. Monumental Mission: Assigned to find art looted by the Nazis, Western Allied forces faced an incredible challenge. The battle of the literary endorsements: Maya Angelou and Toni Morrison have both gone public with their presidential picks; what do their overwrought odes tell us about the candidates they favor?
