From FrontPage, a symposium on criminalizing Holocaust denial, with Alan Dershowitz, Deborah Lipstadt, Roger Kimball, and Gregory Glazov. As we’ve all learned in school, 70% of the Earth’s surface is covered by water, only 30% is solid ground. What if everything was reversed? What if every land mass was a body of water, and vice versa? From The Wilson Quarterly, Soldiering Ahead: For three decades, women have been moving up in the world. They run corporations, colleges, even countries. So what has changed? What's different about female leaders? Compensating the Wrongly Convicted: With an increasing number of exonerated inmates being released, states vary widely on the reparations they make to innocent people they have imprisoned. The behavior of the bald eagle falls under the rubric of kleptoparasitism, which makes the bird a fitting symbol of the U.S. government, especially as regards foreign policy.
Robert Baden-Powell's scouting movement is 100 years old, but how has his advice to young people — written up a year after the first Scout camp — stood up over the years? Profits vs. Partners: Are the country’s top law firms going the way of the dinosaur? From New York, Disaster Relief: Why did we feel oddly liberated thinking that the terrorists had struck again, finally? Balancing the wheel of life: In seeking good health, be mindful of the lessons of the moose, experience of native people suggests. Orthodox Paradox: The 12 years Noah Feldman spent at a yeshiva day school made him who he is. Now the school doesn’t acknowledge who he has become. A reflection on religion, identity and belonging (and an interview). Key aspects of national security, including intelligence and analysis used to create the President's Daily Brief, have been turned over to private corporations.
From The Nation, a cover story on Purple America: Democrats are poised to seize a historic opportunity to win back voters in the South and West they started losing four decades ago. Max Blumenthal is Rapture Ready: The Unauthorized Christians United for Israel Tour. Consumers of counterfeit branded products may be dupes or they may be shrewd shoppers, but they are also communicators; people who demonstrate literacy in the meanings attached to certain symbols in the marketplace both of goods and ideas. A review of An Acceptable Sacrifice? Homosexuality and the Church. Accounting for good people: Surprising as it might seem, the Big Four accountancy firms have lots to teach other companies about managing talented people. The Optimism Revolution: Optimism as you know it isn't always the best medicine. In the new view, behavior trumps positive outlook. Why a healthy mentality paints the world in light and shadow.
From America, Behind (and Beyond) the Walls: A review of Nuns by Silvia Evangelisti. The joys of partial recall: If you can't remember the name of your favourite movie, don't worry: You're not alone. The Myth About Boys: We've been fretting about them for a decade. But young men are better off, socially and academically, than ever. From Adbusters, an essay on Jazz and Jihad: The Discourse on Solidarity. No objections here: Supply-and-demand has top law firms' "summer associates" hitting pay dirt without breaking much of a sweat. Thirty years after feminists made key advances, Italian teenagers are coveting jobs as showgirls, dancers and quiz show hostesses. How have Italian women been held back by rules and customs? How has the image of the house-confined mamma, with daughters dreaming of fame and success through beauty, endured? Are you kidding? Tubal ligation procedures denied to young women who don’t want children.
