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9:00AM
MAR 21 2008
Spoil-proofing elections
From The Smart Set, how fake diamonds, meat by mail, and Marie Osmond turned an aspiring fiction writer into a QVC employee and shopper; and in Mexico, a street musician must deal with drunks, little sleep, and the cold — all for $15 a night. A review of Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America’s Soul by Karen Abbott. More on The Man Who Made Lists by Joshua Kendall. Spoil-proofing elections: The only way to ensure that the person the voters prefer walks away the winner is to fundamentally change voting procedures. Petroleum feeds patriarchy: The more gas you pump and the higher oil prices get, the more likely you are to harm women's empowerment. Is the hydrogen economy a savior of humanity or an economic black hole? Perhaps the proof that once and for all, rock ’n’ roll has expended its countercultural capabilities: The inescapable, hip new frequency of life and commerce in New York City. New research into inter-ethnic unions suggests we're reverting to a less romantic idea of marriage. As US liberals and conservatives call each other fascists, Gideon Rachman reviews Liberal Fascism, Heroic Conservatism, Comeback: Conservatism That Can Win Again and They Knew They Were Right. An excerpt from Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon—and the Journey of a Generation by Sheila Weller.
