From Boston Review, Michael Gecan on how urban decline moves to the suburbs. In a special symposium, Democracy offers the big ideas for the coming debate over the new progressive agenda. They're plastic, inflatable, and if you cross your eyes enough, they sort of look like Christina Aguilera —meet Hollywood's synthetic doppelgangers. From The Age, self-described "radical boomer" Clive Hamilton believes being provocative is the best way to make change. We aren’t “foodies,” we just look like them — and with a little experience, we’ve learned to act like them. A review of Becoming Visionary: Brian De Palma's Cinematic Education of the Senses by Eyal Peretz. Who killed the "Living Constitution"? Michael Dorf investigates. An interview with Gina Khan on Muslim women vs. Islamism. A review of Yoko Ogawa’s The Diving Pool: Three Novellas. From Dissent, is Obama tough enough? Nicolaus Mills investigates; and is The Wire too cynical? Why tax havens are a blessing: Smugly confident about the righteousness of their cause, European countries and international bureaucrats are pushing for a crackdown against tax havens, but their crusade will do more harm than good. From Robespierre to al-Qa’eda, categorical extermination: An intellectual is someone who thinks ideas matter more than people. Why does it make us sad to remember what we were like as children?