From Asia Times, Dallas Darling on the Olympics as a political arena. The German-speaking world of Kafka scholars hit out over a British academic's claims that the writer had a penchant for hard porn. Great minds drink alike: The debaucherous get-togethers of humanity's top thinkers. An interview with Em & Lo, authors of Sex: How to do Everything. From Diplomatic Courier, preventive diplomacy: Can Macedonian and Estonian models succeed in Georgia? A review of Old Masters, New World: America's Raid on Europe's Great Pictures by Cynthia Saltzman. Presidents have to move quickly to enact progressive reforms before the window of opportunity closes forever; it's a lesson Obama should take to heart. A review of Science v. Religion? Intelligent Design and the Problem of Evolution by Steve Fuller. Demons among us: A visit to William Bradshaw, America's foremost demonologist. New star rising: A profile of Reihan Salam, an up-and-coming Bangladeshi-American thinker and writer (and more on Grand New Party). Jeffrey Feldman on what America needs to hear about Jerome Corsi. The Corncob Pipe of Politics: Everything you've ever wanted to know about party platforms — and then some. From Big Think, Jennifer Rubell examines the celebrity chef phenomenon. The first biography of Galileo Galilei resurfaces, offering a new theory as to why the astronomer was put on trial.
