Bracing for Armageddon

From Education Review, a review of Against the Terror of Neoliberalism: Politics Beyond the Age of Greed and a review of The University in Chains: Confronting the Military Industrial Academic Complex, by Henry Giroux. From Forbes, special reports on America's best colleges and the business of college football. From Newsweek, herewith the top 12 rivalries at US colleges. What makes the largest military power on earth tremble in its boots? Language, that's what. A review of Bracing for Armageddon? The Science and Politics of Bioterrorism in America by William R. Clark. Cartoons of pitchers and catchers talking are a New Yorker staple — what is so funny about rubbers? Can great art spring from a lie? Two new books about forgers raise provocative questions about the links between authenticity and genius. A review of Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Chip Heath and Dan Heath. An article on Mary Matalin, publisher: When political hacks edit books. From The Village Voice, an interview with Woody Allen. Don't know much about history: The Pentagon looks back to four great empires for tips on how to rule the world. An article on Blackwater and the real "Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy". It took a month to track down every one of the 205 national anthems that might be heard at this year's Olympic games, ad the winning anthem is.