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What happened to just thinking?

From Adbusters, Jordan Romanus on the end of philosophy: What happened to just thinking?; and can economists improve the human condition? From Books & Culture, where could we go from here? An article on the state of U2 studies. From City Journal, Judith Miller on the Mexicanization of American law enforcement: The drug cartels extend their corrupting influence northward. London Review of Books marks its 30th year: A salute to the writers and editors who created "the house magazine of the intellectual elite". An interview with Mary-Kay Wilmers, the grande dame of the LRB, on her controversial views and her family links to spies and psychoanalyst (and more). Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Gunter Grass still thinks reunification was a bad idea: A review of Unterwegs von Deutschland nach Deutschland: Tagebuch 1990. From Fortune, Steven Rattner on why they had to get rid of GM's CEO, Rick Wagoner (and more on the auto bailout). Do assholes really finish first, and what's the allure of the bad boy? The Way to "Sesame Street": An article on the politics of children's television. 40 years of Muppetology 101: How to get to "Sesame Street"? Take Wonk Way and turn left on Research Road. Windmills, Revisited: Nicholas Lemann on the once and future mission of the Washington Monthly (and more on its 40th anniversary collection). Due to its climate change denial, and thanks largely to online media, Superfreakonomics is dead on arrival. A review of The Lexicographer's Dilemma: The Evolution of "Proper" English, from Shakespeare to South Park by Jack Lynch.