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1:00PM
MAR 17 2008
When non-fiction is less than truthful
From The Washington Independent, a series by Spencer Ackerman on The Rise of the Counterinsurgents. Want a man, or a worm? Among mammals, expecting monogamy tends to run against the grain of nature. A review of Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture by Simon Reynolds. From Jack Johnson to Eliot Spitzer: A look at the troubling history of the White-Slave Traffic Act. Why are we still surprised when "non-fiction" is less than truthful? Tyler Cowen wants to know. Criticising pro-Obama women for not backing the female candidate hurts feminism more than a Clinton loss ever could. From Reason, what next for the Ron Paul revolution? From The Los Angeles Times, Rick Perlstein and Jasmyne Cannick debate election-year liberalism. Beating the clock: Other presidents have dithered when Hill investigators knock, but Bush takes the prize. A review of Why Are There So Many Banking Crises? by Jean-Charles Rochet. A review of Founding Faith: Providence, Politics, and the Birth of Religious Freedom in America by Steven Waldman. How the eviction of 86 families outside London could affect racial harmony in Europe. What exactly will happen to our planet when an aging Sun expands and brightens? More on Rose Shapiro’s Suckers: How Alternative Medicine Makes Fools of Us All. A review of Tony D’Souza’s The Konkans.
