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Lost on the personasphere

From The Weekly Standard, Christopher Hitchens reviews Safire's Political Dictionary by William Safire; and Andrew Ferguson is lost on the personasphere. Hannah Bloch reviews The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century by Steve Coll (and more and more).  A review of Iris Murdoch's Ethics: A Consideration of her Romantic Vision by Megan Laverty. A month of spam: no help for sex life, but it enlarges the inbox. Why dirty is funny: Judge Kozinski's raunch collection raises questions about obscenity and humor. A profile of Christian Lander, anthropologist of Stuff White People Like. From TED, are children's carseats necessary? Steven Levitt investigates. An interview with Karl Giberson, author of Saving Darwin: How to Be a Christian and Believe in Evolution. James Mann on the secret China history of George H. W. Bush. An interview with Sharon Weinberger and Nathan Hodge, authors of A Nuclear Family Vacation: Travels in the World of Atomic Weaponry (and more). Historian Niall Ferguson debates futurist author Peter Schwartz on the overall nature of human progress. Can the president ignore Congress? A new lawsuit with the potential to redefine the relationship between the branches of government. From The Village Voice, an article on Scientology's crushing defeat: A previously unpublished saga of an $8 million check.