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Farewell, Lexington

A fond farewell to the current Lexington – the US correspondent for the Economist. In a departure column, Lexington makes mention of Tocqueville on America After 1840, one of our new Tocqueville...

15 Jul 2009

Interns Blog: hypnotizing 18th-floor views

Christopher Zingaro I was at my desk last week when I heard a Senior Editor mutter, “And the clouds roll in from New Jersey.” Since there are no windows by my cubicle, I began to imagine the scene...

15 Jul 2009

David Calleo on Obama’s Foreign Policy

Writing for the Huffington Post, Follies of Power author David Calleo offers an assessment of Obama’s foreign policy. “…although Obama’s springtime has been brilliant, the summer...

8 Jul 2009

Janet Afary responds

Janet Afary responds to Nawal El Saadawi’s post above; read it here. “In Tehran and the big cities, young people might obtain a simple certificate of temporary marriage to avoid the morality...

Janet Afary | 7 Jul 2009

What the veil can hide

Slate spinoff double X started a really fascinating dialogue between Egyptian writer Nawal El Saadawi and our own Janet Afary, author of Sexual Politics in Modern Iran. ~ ~ ~ Dear Janet, I am glad to...

7 Jul 2009

Decoding Russia: David Foglesong

The New York Times quotes David Foglesong on America’s difficulty understanding Russian attitudes: “American have had this expectation that because Russia is white and Christian and had the same...

6 Jul 2009

Bob Dylan’s "Brand" of Christianity

No Faith in the Market: Part III To go back to part I, click here >> In the late seventies, when Dylan turned to evangelical Christianity, outraged fans and critics alike took issue with the music...

Anne Ream | 6 Jul 2009

Happy 4th of July!

To all the American readers out there, Happy 4th of July! Have a great weekend, don’t blow up anything important, and we’ll have more updates on Monday. -Cambridge U.S.A. Read More ?

2 Jul 2009

Interns Blog: The ideal position for reading

Chrstopher Zingaro In an airport terminal on the eve of summer break, I pulled a receipt from my wallet and wrote out a list of books to read before school began in August. Several weeks later, and a few...

2 Jul 2009

Judea Pearl in Forbes

Judea Pearl, author of legendary book Causality (new edition coming soon!) writes about the problem of AI in Forbes. Read More ?

2 Jul 2009

Happy Canada Day!

Happy Canada Day everyone! Here’s an archive of posts by our Canadian sales rep, Pam Robinson. Read More ?

1 Jul 2009

Honduras and the Chances of Turmoil

In his recent book, The Legitimacy Puzzle in Latin America, co-authored with John Booth, Mitchell Seligson dig through massive amounts of data to uncover the many dimensions of popular support for democracy...

Mitchell A. Seligson, John A. Booth | 30 Jun 2009