From TAP, Barack Obama is offering the most sweeping liberal foreign-policy critique we've heard from a serious presidential contender in decades — but will voters buy it? It’s a good thing that Bear Stearns was saved, but it’s also a good thing that it nearly died. A look at why sex scandals are good for American democracy. If climate change is even partially as destructive as we suspect, our notion of national sovereignty is about to be challenged by new forces. A review of Greenspan's Bubbles: The Age of Ignorance at the Federal Reserve by William Fleckenstein. Fighting the urge to fight the urge: Our capacity for self control may be running on empty. More on The Man Who Made Lists by Joshua Kendall. A review of Karl Marx: His Life & Thought by David McLellan. All of John McCain’s actions can be seen as an attempt to use the federal government to restore your faith in the federal government. McCain may be the first real postmodernist candidate for the presidency. Predicting panic: When does a crowd become a mob, and what can public safety and security professionals do to predict, prevent, or control it? A review of Art, Emotion and Ethics by Berys Gaut. A review of Pulitzer's Gold: Behind the Prize for Public Service Journalism by Roy J. Harris Jr. A review of Fatal Misconception: The Struggle to Control World Population by Matthew Connelly (and more and more).
