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April 7, 2010
Connecting Readers in the Cloud 2
by Victoria Pacchiana
What if I couldn’t judge a book by a yoga mat? Would I find better matches, or perhaps more accurate ones?
February 3, 2010
Ample Reason America is Ruined, One Good Reason it’s Not 3
by Kevin Hartnett
James Fallows thinks about government like a broken down car, such that no matter how skilled the driver or where he wants to go, he’s not going to get there. We might have been better off if that were true.
September 30, 2009
Lapham’s Quarterly On Medicine 2
by Anne K. Yoder
This issue of Lapham’s Quarterly caters to a different kind of medical knowledge: the history of medicine.
August 10, 2009
Hiroshima and Nagasaki Remembered 0
by Emily Colette Wilkinson
August 6th marked the 64th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and today marks the anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki.
August 7, 2009
Socialism Vs. the Beautiful Game 0
by Emily Colette Wilkinson
Millions readers who follow European soccer, the progress of democratic socialism, or international tax policies may be interested in Jonathan Last’s article in the Weekly Standard this week about how Gordon Brown’s recent tax hike – from 40% to 50% on the top tax bracket – is decimating the English Premier League. (And yes, I [...]
July 27, 2009
At the London Review of Books: Clancy Martin on Alcoholism 2
by Emily Colette Wilkinson
In the LRB this month, professor and novelist Clancy Martin offers a brutally candid account of his own attempts to get sober. The piece is affecting, horrifying, and enlightening: As a child I visited my older sister in a psychiatric hospital, but I hadn’t been inside one for 30 years. Then, on 1 January this [...]