From CT, a look at why evangelicals are connecting with the early church as they move into the 21st century. The right of faiths to run their own affairs and regulate their adherents' lives has recently become controversial—because of fear of Islam. From World Press, an article on the militarization of the world's urban peripheries. A look at why liberals are weak when faced with fundamentalism. A review of Amy Sullivan's The Party Faithful and Jim Wallis's The Great Awakening (and how would Jesus vote?). From Discover, an article on deflating the bogus insomnia “epidemic”: Corporate interests push profitable paranoia. A study suggests potentially habitable planets are common. The design imperative: No longer a prole with a dirty toilet, thanks to that fancy toiletbrush in hand, one becomes a fledgling design critic and a curator of the tastefully appointed museum that used to be a one-bedroom apartment. The first chapter from The Next Great Globalization: How Disadvantaged Nations Can Harness Their Financial Systems to Get Rich by Frederic S. Mishkin. A review of The Sexual Paradox: Men, Women and the Real Gender Gap by Susan Pinker. A review of Chambers Dictionary of the Unexplained. Peter Berkowitz reviews Walter Russell Mead's God and Gold. A review of Defeat: Why They Lost Iraq by Jonathan Steele (and more).
