online archive
1:00PM
MAR 7 2008
From pillow talk to a political pillow fight
A new issue of Economic Sociology is out.�A review of The Death of the Critic by Ronan McDonald. From Discover, here are 20 things you didn't know about relativity, and the 5 most radical ways to squelch a climate crisis. Entertainment Weekly goes behind-the-scenes of ''I'm F—-ing Ben Affleck'' (and more). Michael Weiss on the politics of Edmund Wilson, the Prometheus of American criticism. A review of Brand New China: Advertising, Media, and Commercial Culture by Jing Wang. A review of Great Collectors of Our Time: Art Collecting Since 1945 by James Stourton. Marcia Dyson and Michael Eric Dyson go from pillow talk to a political pillow fight. Eric Banks reviews a trio of novels by Patrick Hamilton. From Foreign Policy, Ambassador John W. Limbert (Ret.) on how to negotiate with Iran; and a look at the best places to be a senior citizen. Dennis Prager on questions to ask before you send your child to college. Greed in the name of green: To worshipers of consumption — spending won't save the Earth. Green Left Weekly celebrates The Communist Manifesto: 160 years old and still causing trouble. Literary sex is such a turn-off: When writers try to make depictions of sex literary, you end up with bad sex and bad literature. A look at why surveys may be undercounting the number of atheists and agnostics in the U.S. Long-life genes found in 100-year-old humans.
