Moral thinking: Biology invades a field philosophers thought was safely theirs. Are liberals and conservatives different species? The answer is yes. From TNR, Michael Tomasky reviews Liberal Fascism by Jonah Goldberg; and more on They Knew They Were Right by Jacob Heilbrunn. Anyone trying to impress, to sell or to obfuscate is likely to brutalise the language: Language should evolve, but its lazy use leads to meaninglessness. The introduction to Religion in American Politics: A Short History by Frank Lambert. The introduction to The Rise of the Conservative Legal Movement: The Battle for Control of the Law by Steven M. Teles. The Virginia School: Move over Austria and Chicago — George Mason University makes economics interesting. There are magazines that mirror the cultural environment and those that open up new channels of expression – "canonizing" and "talking" magazines respectively. A look at the world’s biggest construction projects. From Foreign Policy, an article on how to start your own country in four easy steps. Seyla Benhabib on Turkey’s headscarf legislation: One step backwards or two steps forward? An article on celebrating Alex Steinweiss, the father of the album cover. SMU will be site not only of a Bush Presidential Library, but of institute that will not be governed by standard academic rules and that many fear will put a partisan taint on scholarship. Obituary: William F. Buckley (and go over to National Review's "The Corner" for more).
