The first chapter from A Necessary Engagement: Reinventing America's Relations with the Muslim World by Emile Nakhleh. An excerpt from Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the Twenty-First Century by P. W. Singer (and an interview; and a review at Bookforum). Life for March: In the age of Obama, the anti-abortion movement has nowhere left to go. The politics of ME, ME, ME: The shrillness and point-scoring of much internet-based discussion — on topics as diverse as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and chronic fatigue syndrome — is narrowing the space where a larger political dialogue should be. A review of Pieter Spierenburg's A History of Murder: Personal Violence in Europe from the Middle Ages to the Present. A review of In the Shadow of Progress: Being Human in the Age of Technology by Eric Cohen. Reading Malcolm Gladwell’s books is like watching Frank Capra movies (and more and more and more on Outliers). The crippling fear of corriearklet: Pity the English — not only are they cursed with bad weather, and the habit of talking about it all the time, they also fear eye contact with strangers in long corridors. A look at 8 best non-human tool users. Here's Paul Weyrich's last article of advice to conservatives. Hawks home to roost: The liberal interventionists are back, and will have a pretty loud voice on Obama’s staff — will he listen to them?
