Go start anew: Over three decades have passed since the heyday of radical politics and the counterculture, yet the conflicts and moral contradictions of the time animate four recent novels by writers too young to remember those events firsthand. When bankers went bonkers: A review of The New Paradigm for Financial Markets: the Credit Crisis of 2008 and What It Means by George Soros. All together now? James Surowiecki on how corporate marriages rarely end in bliss. The Foodie Election: What you can learn from a candidate’s choice of food. Here's a complete listing of vice-presidential coverage from TNR. Haters without a cause: What do the Hillary bashers do now? If the presumed Democratic nominee is elected, he could change the equation for liberal advocacy groups. A review of Political Hypocrisy: The Mask of Power from Hobbes to Orwell and Beyond by David Runciman. A review of Amartya Sen's The Argumentative Indian, Thomas Friedman's The World Is Flat 3.0 and Martha Nussbaum's The Clash Within. Flag Etiquette 101: With the help of a few etiquette experts, the American flag is fighting back. A review of The Biology of Human Longevity: Inflammation, Nutrition, and Aging in the Evolution of Lifespans by Caleb Finch. Joke-tellers found courage in a form of rebellion: An excerpt from Hammer & Tickle: The Communist Joke Book by Ben White.
