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The agony of dying nations

From Asia Times, Spengler on America's special grace: The agony of dying nations rises in reproach to America's unheeding prosperity; and Pepe Escobar on how Big Oil's "secret" is out of Iraq's closet. A review of The Magical Chorus: A History of Russian Culture From Tolstoy to Solzhenitsyn by Solomon Volkov. A review of Children's Literature: A Reader's History From Aesop to Harry Potter by Seth Lerer. The search for intelligent light: Planet hunter Geoff Marcy scans the skies for answers to the universal question of other life. A review of High Wire: The Precarious Financial Lives of American Families by Peter Gosselin. A review of House of Wits: An Intimate Portrait of the James Family by Paul Fisher. From Archeology, evolution overdrive: An interview with John Hawkes on how the human genome is changing faster than ever; and a review of James Cuno's Who Owns Antiquity? A review of One to Nine: The Inner Life of Numbers by Andrew Hodges. A review of Ark of the Liberties: America and the World by Ted Widmer. From Chronicles, a review of Socialism by Thomas Fleming. Is dissent patriotic? Consider the case of Crystal Wosik. A review of Dirty Words: A Literary Encyclopedia of Sex. From Bad Subjects, does Dove really love our humps? From FT, a review of books on world travel and tourism. Mao crazy: Jed Perl on art.