online archive
1:00PM
FEB 26 2008
Living in visa territory
From Eurozine, living in visa territory: Countries that declare individual freedom to be the highest value decide the extent of a person's freedom on the basis of their country's political status. From Free Inquiry, Wendy Kaminer on pandering, pretending and the law; Nat Hentoff on Christianizing America; a look at why the "A" word won't go away. The human race is crossing a line: There is now one cellphone for every two humans on Earth. A review of Reading Boyishly: Roland Barthes, J.M. Barrie, Jacques Henri Lartigue, Marcel Proust and D.W. Winnicott by Carol Mavor. Il Accuse: Bernard-Henri Levy on the rebranding of anti-Semitism. The wisdom of the chaperones: Digg, Wikipedia, and the myth of Web 2.0 democracy. Here's a list of the world’s top social networking sites. Ten years on: it's time to count the cost of the Viagra revolution. The fact is, liberal magazines — like liberals themselves — are way too keen on being smarter than everyone else. A look at what you don't know about Dmitry Medvedev, Putin's handpicked successor. A review of Creating a World Without Poverty by Muhammad Yunus and Out of Poverty: What Works When Traditional Approaches Fail by Paul Polak. From HNN, a review of Hegemony or Empire? The Redefinition of US Power under George W. Bush; and a review of The History of Terrorism From Antiquity to Al Qaeda.
