From First Things, a special issue on Richard John Neuhaus. Simon Critchley on being happy like God. Overdosing on reality: A child of the Internet goes feral in full view. On Discourse: Conor Friedersdorf on the bunker mentality. Hired News: Will P.R. pros take the baton of investigative journalism? A review of The Pursuit of Unhappiness: The Elusive Psychology of Well-Being by Daniel M. Haybron. Pill poppers: A review of Unstuck: Your Guide to the Seven-Stage Journey Out of Depression by James S. Gordon and The Depression Cure: The 6-Step Program to Beat Depression without Drugs by Stephen S. Ilardi. A review of Stalin’s Nemesis: The Exile and Murder of Leon Trotsky by Bertrand Patenaude (and more). Special agent Bassem Youssef was one of the FBI's up-and-comers — fluent in Arabic, ambitious, with a record of spotting threats and cracking terrorist cells, so of course the bureau sent him to rot in a desk job. Jesse Walker on the blurry boundaries of child porn: Not every illicit image is equally offensive. More and more and more and more on D.D. Guttenplan's American Radical: The Life and Times of I.F. Stone (and more from Bookforum). Do government reorganizations make government work better? The results have been mixed, though that assessment might be called overly generous.
