From Dark Matter, a special issue on Pirates and Piracy: Material Realities and Cultural Myths. From First Monday, an article on the self-Googling phenomenon: Investigating the performance of personalized information resources. How will 2009 rank among history's important years? Carlos Lozada wants to know. A look at how the Nazis ruined condoms, too: A review of Fromm's: How Julius Fromm's Condom Empire Fell To The Nazis by Gotz Aly and Michael Sontheimer. A conspiracy-theory theory: David Aaronovitch on how to fend off the people who insist they know the "real story" behind everything. From The Curator, Lars Miller on the disintegration of the music industry and the road to distributism. A review of Jane Fonda's War: A Political Biography of an Antiwar Icon by Mary Hershberger. An article on Bambi and the Disney way of death. Stuff it: The story of Web sensation Annie Leonard merges piles of trash, Glenn Beck and underrated field trips. From Archeology, a look at the top 10 discoveries of 2009. A review of Mirrors: Stories of Almost Everyone by Eduardo Galeano. Non-Profit in New York: Non-profit news isn't entirely a new phenomenon — the Gotham Gazette has been at it for over a decade. God has all the best art: Were the old masters good because of God, or is it merely coincidence? A review of Beauty by Roger Scruton (and more). Christmas was a riot: Ever long for a traditional New England Christmas? Be careful what you wish for. Lost in the Filth Simulacrum: Is 4chan the future of human consciousness? The People’s Poll: Leigh Kamping-Carder on a new way to gauge public opinion.
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