A new issue of The New Atlantis is out, including Christine Rosen on People of the Screen: A tale of two literacies; and a review of Enhancing Evolution by John Harris. From Context, Viktor Shklovsky: Five Feuilletons on Sergei Eisenstein. Since Mayor Michael Bloomberg's congestion-pricing plan failed in New York City, his transportation commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan has taken a piecemeal approach to reclaiming streets from cars. The Paris Review inspires - - and reassures - - young writers, says Margaret Atwood. Harold Meyerson on the case for keeping the Big Three out of bankruptcy. Cleanliness is next to godlessness: Soaping away your outer dirt may lead to inner evil. A review of Mad, Bad and Dangerous? The Scientist and the Cinema by Christopher Frayling. From Big Think, Tyler Cowen on the free market and morality. Eric Banks on 100 candles for Claude Levi-Strauss. From AJR, many newspapers are laying off the reporters who monitor the federal government from a local angle — the cost could be steep. From Tikkun, an article on the irresponsibility of Thomas Friedman. Transformation 101: Technology is driving down the cost of teaching undergraduates — so why are tuition bills going up? Roget's Thesaurus is more than just a book about words — and the story of its author's often unhappy life provides a suggestive counterpoint to its complexities.
