online archive
9:00AM
FEB 13 2008
Lessons for people from animals
From Foreign Policy, how to make OPEC blink: Every day, more of the world’s oil comes from a secretive gang of countries that couldn’t care less about your gasoline bill. From The Washington Independent, a look at how the financial services industry created the credit crisis (and part 2); and a look at how the US economy looks like Weimar on the brink. From The Chronicle, an article on the pros and cons of university systems; and a look at why elite colleges must stop spurning critiques of higher education. A review of Targeting Iran by David Barsamian, with Noam Chomsky, Ervand Abrahamian, and Nahid Mozaffari. How to train a husband: A review of What Shamu Taught Me About Life, Love, And Marriage: Lessons for People from Animals and Their Trainers by Amy Sutherland (and excerpt). An article on Japanese popular culture in East and Southeast Asia: Time for a regional paradigm? Stephen Hugh-Jones is a patriot—unashamedly so. So how could his son decide to become an American citizen, of all things? A review of Bernard Williams, ed. Alan Thomas. A review of Coercion as Cure: A Critical History of Psychiatry by Thomas Szasz. A review of books on the brain. Yahoo! Boohoo: Why investors assume the Microsoft-Yahoo deal won't happen. Should it have been called Republic.com 1.5? A review of Cass Sunstein’s Republic.com 2.0.
