A new issue of International Journal of Bahamian Studies is out. Ross B. Emmett (Michigan State): Of Talk, Economics, Love and Innovation. Martin Shuster (Hamilton): Language and Loneliness: Arendt, Cavell, and Modernity. Stuart Farrimond on why popular culture is obsessed with zombies. If you studied the liberal arts in an American college anytime after 1980, you were likely exposed to what is universally called Theory; if so, you belong to what might be called the Theory Generation — and it has recently become evident that some of its members have been thinking back on their training. From Significance magazine, is a probable event inevitable? Michael Mernagh investigates. Complicated, hidden costs are always better than simple, open costs: Thanks to conservatives, it's all but impossible to pass a simple, effective policy these days. Joseph Stromberg on a brief history of the Teleprompter: How a makeshift show business memory aid became the centerpiece of modern political campaigning.
