online archive
5:00PM
FEB 29 2008
Integrating an emerging science
From The Hindu, an interview, with Paul Theroux on his books, his writing and his life in Hawaii. A review of Guardians of Power: The Myth of the Liberal Media by David Edwards and David Cromwell. A review of Biology of Freedom: Neural Plasticity, Experience, and the Unconscious by Francois Ansermet and Pierre Magistretti. A review of The Concepts of Consciousness: Integrating an Emerging Science. A review of Nietzsche and the Nazis: A Personal View by Stephen Hicks. The introduction to Montaigne's Politics: Authority and Governance in the Essais by Biancamaria Fontana. An excerpt from Kantian Ethics by Allen Wood. Randhir Singh, author of Crisis of Socialism: Notes in Defence of a Commitment, on the future of socialism. The 1970s rarely inspire as much nostalgia as the swinging decade that preceded them, but the modern world owes more to those troubled times than we’d like to think. The oily truth: Has the final mystery of the Mediterranean diet been solved? Intrigued by its reputation for "naughtiness", Conrad Heine heads to Maputo, Mozambique's raffish capital. For centuries Europe was a prickly landscape of heavily armed nation states; now the continent has largely lost its enthusiasm for conflict — how did that happen? More on James J. Sheehan's Where Have All the Soldiers Gone? An excerpt from Law, Legitimacy and the Rationing of Health Care: A Contextual and Comparative Perspective by Keith Syrett. A review of Ready: Why Women Are Embracing the New Later Motherhood by Elizabeth Gregory.
1:00PM
FEB 29 2008
What happens deep beneath our feet?
From In Defense of Negativity: Attack Ads in Presidential Campaigns by John Geer, a look at the Attack Ad Hall of Fame. From Japan Focus, waving goodbye to hegemony: China, Europe and the US in the New World Order. A recent shift in U.S. military strategy and provocative actions by China threaten to ignite a new arms race in space, but would placing weapons in space be in anyone's national interest? The unexpected monks: Some evangelicals turn to monasticism, suggesting unease with megachurch religion, and the stirrings of rapprochement with the Roman Catholic Church. Beware of billionaires bearing gifts: Colleges and universities are increasingly relying on rich people; the damage to the nation is just beginning. From Radar, paying to play: A brief history of disastrous self-financed campaigns. A teenager hacked into the outfit charged with protecting companies from online piracy—the most daring exploit yet in the escalating war between fans and corporate giants — guess which side is winning. What happens deep beneath our feet? A new theory envisions graveyards for continents and a life cycle not unlike the weather. Trials of a Primatologist: How did a renowned scientist who has done groundbreaking research in Brazil run afoul of authorities there? More on David Levy's Love and Sex with Robots. More and more on God's Crucible: Islam and the Making of Europe, 570-1215 by David Levering Lewis.
9:00AM
FEB 29 2008
The meaning of sunglasses
From Athena Intelligence, Julian Richards (Brunel): Terrorism in Europe: The Local Aspects of a Global Threat; and an essay on Future War: The War on Terror after Iraq. From 21st century Socialism, an article on the Soviet model and the economic cold war. An interview with Andy Kirk, author of Counterculture Green: The Whole Earth Catalogue and American Environmentalism. A review of The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power by Joel Bakan. An excerpt from Fear and Courage in the Democratic Party by Glenn Hurowitz. A review of Beyond the Law: The Bush Administration’s Unlawful Responses in the “War” on Terror by Jordan J. Paust. A review of books on the visual arts. I Am Obama: The American imagination and the New Black Hero. Noam Scheiber on Obama's surprisingly non-ideological policy shop. From Time, an article on how to make great teachers. An article on the many faces of populism. There is no quick cure for the epidemic of arrogant anti-intellectualism that has infected America: More and more on Susan Jacoby's The Age of American Unreason. A review of The Meaning of Sunglasses: A Guide to (Almost) All Things Fashionable by Hadley Freeman. Even if it has been abandoned to the one-panel punch of newspaper corners, the comic book has survived as an art form that portrays the itching wound of our civilization.
