From Argumentum, Fee-Alexandra Haase (Balamand): The Linguistic Representation of Economic Breakdowns in the Mass Media Language as Inverted Rhetoric of Vivity; and The Cases of the Reception of Political Speeches and Discourses in the Online Journals New York Times Online and Spiegel Online. A review of Manufacturing Depression: The Secret History of a Modern Disease by Gary Greenberg. Ever get the feeling you've been cheated? David Gunkel mourns the betrayal of his Cold War boyhood's dreams of jetpacks, lunar adventure and the futuristic allure of the metric system. Just when investors thought beleaguered Blockbuster wouldn't make it, the movie rental company is going digital. Battle for the Stars: Science's rejection of damned data continues decades after Fort's books exposed it. Trinie Dalton reviews The Importance of Being Iceland by Eileen Myles. Putting the world back in working order: Engineering's decline in popularity could be reversed by showing potential students its power to tackle global challenges ranging from sustainability to energy security. Greece's financial collapse presents the eurozone with the opportunity to reform many of its institutions and procedures; chief among these reforms is the need for more democracy at the EU level. From Global Journalist, a series of articles on press freedom in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, 20 years later. Robert Parry on the Rise and Fall of The Washington Times: A tale of ex-Nazis, cocaine smugglers and Moonie cultists who created Right-wing Republican propaganda organ and brought it crashing down. Attack of the Cult Flicks: April was a big month for so-bad-they’re-good movies. A profile of Tyler Cowen, a blogger, professor and organizer of rules on how the world works.
