From Powell's, a review of Popeye, Vol. 1: "I Yam What I Yam" by E. C. Segar. Jefferson, Buffon and the Moose: To counter the European insult that American species were weak and degenerate, Thomas Jefferson employed scathing rhetoric and a moose from Vermont. A Superman approach to foreign policy: Our nation's favorite comic book hero might have had the right idea: Use power sparingly and judiciously. A review of Women in Science: A Social and Cultural History by Ruth Watts. Bread-winning badante: Diana Ivanova examines a unique form of intercultural dialogue — the exchange of suffering between elderly Italians and Bulgarian women. The American man is twice screwed: A postmodern sort of men’s group means male bonding in the guise of group therapy, with herbal tea and hummus dip. From Cultural Survival, a special issue on Burma. Welcome to the Christian sex advice movement: An excerpt from Rapture Ready! Adventures in the Parallel Universe of Christian Pop Culture. Hungary's entry into the Schengen Zone in December 2007 brought a further relaxation of historical borders; while many communities have benefited, the process has not been without its absurdities. From First Principles, an essay on Walter Starkie and the Greatest Novel of All. Philip Stephens on the lessons for the west’s confrontation with violent Islamism.
