online archive
1:00PM
MAR 5 2008
What superheroes shouldn’t wear
From New Left Review, Alan Badiou on The Communist Hypothesis: Why does the spectre of May 68 still haunt French discourse? The Comrade from Milan: Memories of war-time resistance work and the political culture of the million-strong PCI in liberated Milan, from one of the founding editors of Il Manifesto. Murdoch minion spikes review of Murdoch book: "Anticipatory compliance" at the Far Eastern Economic Review. A review of Panicology by Simon Briscoe and Hugh Aldersey-Williams. Europe is a big winner from globalisation — if only politicians would say so. From Monthly Review, an article on Rachel Carson’s ecological critique; and an essay on Living the 11th Thesis. A look at why tomboy remains a loaded word. John B. Judis, William F. Buckley's biographer, remembers the great conservative. Faith 2.0: The internet has changed even the way people practise religion. From Democratiya, David A. Guberman and Joshua Muravchik debate the legacy of Michael Harrington. Should diaspora Jews have a say in the political negotiations about Jerusalem? It Takes a Village: The Parisian Village Voice bookstore fights valiantly to stay alive. From The New Yorker, Michael Chabon on what superheroes shouldn’t wear: An essay in unitard theory (and a review of The Yiddish Policemen's Union from Bookforum). Ralph rides again: What the *&#@! is wrong with this guy?
