Walloon for the hell of it
From National Journal, the cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is limiting the Air Force and Navy from replacing planes and ships that are becoming outdated. The $1.6 million Templeton Prize is given Michael Heller, a Roman Catholic priest, cosmologist and philosopher (and an interview). Walloon for the hell of it: An interview with Luc Sante, author of Low Life. The myth of the victimless crime: Whose theory is it that prostitution is victimless? New research has debunked the myth that people become more conservative as they age. A review of Nim Chimpsky: The Chimp Who Would Be Human by Elizabeth Hess. From Comment, a symposium on Christian realism and proximate justice. From Dissent, what does Asia's ascendancy mean for Latin America? An excerpt from West from Appomattox: The Reconstruction of America after the Civil War by Heather Cox Richardson (and an interview). "Methuselah" mutation linked to longer life: Study of long-lived Ashkenazi Jews may yield longevity genes galore. The introduction to The Sino-Soviet Split: Cold War in the Communist World by Lorenz M. Luthi. A review of Samantha Hunt’s The Invention of Everything Else. Don't presidential candidates get tired of apologizing for remarks they didn't make? Professing literature in 2008: Why is the intellectual agenda of English departments being set by teenagers?
