online archive
1:00PM
FEB 13 2008
All the good ones are taken
From Cato Unbound, is limited government possible? Anthony de Jasay wants to know. From Mother Jones, come on down to the Conservative Political Action Conference. Use a voting method known for ranking drunk sorority girls: A review of Gaming the Vote: Why Elections Aren't Fair (and What We Can Do about It) by William Poundstone (and more). From Dissent, who passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964? A sense of scarcity: Why it seems like all the good ones are taken. Class warfare: When an academic course is the hottest ticket on campus, students will go to great trouble to get a seat. James Surowiecki on bond insurers and the market crisis. There’s a vogue among economists for happiness research – subjective well-being, in econospeak. A review of The Craftsman by Richard Sennett. The Preservation Predicament: Ecologists fear that global warming will make protected landscapes inhospitable to prized species. Siva Vaidhyanathan reviews books on surveillance and marketing and privacy. From TLS, a brief history of the future: A review of A Science Fiction Omnibus. Jonathan Rauch on the coming American matriarchy: The fairer sex gets ready to take over. A review of Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto by Chuck Klosterman. Does restricting journalists' political activity help build readers' trust? A review of books on the black experience in America.
