online archive
1:00PM
MAR 3 2008
The end of an era
From Foreign Affairs, Jerry Z. Muller (CUA): Us and Them: The Enduring Power of Ethnic Nationalism; Stephen E. Flynn (CFR): America the Resilient: Defying Terrorism and Mitigating Natural Disasters; Francisco Rodriguez (Wesleyan): An Empty Revolution: The Unfulfilled Promises of Hugo Chavez; Scott G. Borgerson (CFR): Arctic Meltdown: The Economic and Security Implications of Global Warming; a review of Daydream Believers: How a Few Grand Ideas Wrecked American Power by Fred Kaplan; and more on Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA by Tim Weiner (and a review of Hugh Wilford’s The Mighty Wurlitzer: How the CIA Played America, in Bookforum). Richard John Neuhaus reviews Martha Nussbaum's Liberty of Conscience. From Mute, post-Fordism’s appetite for self-directed activity is bringing about a crisis in progressive education; what should an emancipatory education entail today? An interview with Spencer Wells, author of Deep Ancestry: Inside the Genographic Project. A review of Nazi Literature in the Americas by Roberto Bolaño (and more and more and an excerpt in Bookforum). Here’s looking at the end of an era: An article on Hollywood hot spots that matter. Noam Chomsky on terrorists wanted the world over. If it's all about you, you're in trouble: Why a sense of entitlement can wreak havoc on happiness.
