From The IPT Beacon, Mark Rigstad (Oakland): Jus Ad Bellum After 9/11: A State of the Art Report. From Cabinet, here's a minor history of giant spheres; the best way to understand Pinoncelli's acts is in Duchamp's terms: as part of the natural history of the readymade;an interview with Robert Macfarlane, author of Mountains of the Mind: A History of a Fascination; an essay on Utopia on the roof of the world: The search for Shambhala; an article on vasectomania, and other cures for sloth: Better living through monkey glands; a look at the origins of cybex space: Gustav Zander’s amazing gymnastic devices; and the ladies seem to like it: Mauve, the color of opportunity. From Cosmos, within a few decades, we might reasonably expect to have extended life to 150 years or more – the first human to live to 1,000 may have already been born. But, does death give meaning to our lives? Finally, it is all about you: Why parental death for adults is the new psychic freedom. Cities for Living: Antimodernist Leon Krier designs urban environments to human scale. If we look at trends of the last 20 years, we have every reason to believe that the modern era of free trade is just getting started. A review of Chester E. Finn Jr.’s Troublemaker: A Personal History of School Reform Since Sputnik. Mark Schmitt on the battle of the budget slideshows. Andrea Walker reviews Harry, Revised by Mark Sarvas.
