online archive
9:00AM
APR 15 2008
Rediscovering the benefits of sisterhood
From The New Yorker, Ian Buruma reviews The Post-American World by Fareed Zakaria; The Return of History and the End of Dreams by Robert Kagan; and Rivals: How the Power Struggle Between China, India, and Japan Will Shape Our Next Decade by Bill Emmott; Nick Paumgarten on the lives of elevators; Caroline Alexander goes on a journey through the mangrove forest of Bengal; and can anyone design a nice airport? Paul Goldberger wants to know. The Feminist Reawakening: Even if Hillary’s campaign ends soon, it will leave a legacy — consciousness-raised women rediscovering the benefits of sisterhood. Joyce Carol Oates reviews Keith Gessen’s All the Sad Young Literary Men (and more and more; and more from Bookforum). There’s just one problem with Alan Greenspan’s attempts to defend his record on the financial crisis: The former Fed chairman is guilty as charged. A review of The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing, ed. by Richard Dawkins. A review of Dee Dee Myers' Why Women Should Rule the World. Can the cellphone help end global poverty? Why a corporate “user anthropologist” is spending so much of his time in the shantytowns of the world. The Gay-Straight Divide: What are the connections between sexual orientation and gender? Paulville is the name of the town where rightwingers will be free. If you think your taxes are unjust, just think again.
