A new issue of Plus Magazine: Living Mathematics is out. When art and math collide: An exhibit of mathematical art reveals the aesthetic side of math. Of the Algorithms, by the Algorithms, for the Algorithms: Can a bunch of mathematicians make government more representative? From Rolling Stone, Paul Krugman on what Obama must do (and a review of The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008). Pat Kane on Obama Notions: Between the Puritan and the booty-bumper. The Obama administration marks the beginning of the end of the war in Iraq, but it's less clear what it means for the larger "war on terror". Peter Beinart on the solvency doctrine: "The world deals the cards, and a President plays them as best he can". A review of The Nuclear Express: A Political History of the Bomb and Its Proliferation by Thomas C. Reed and Danny B. Stillman. Mission Accomplished: The "war on science" is over — now what? From Open Democracy, an article on climate change in 2009: the defining issue. From New Statesman, the right has dominated the UK online community so far, but a new Labour site is fighting back - - with help from Obama staffers; in a society of gross inequality, the aspirations of everyone are thwarted; and could David Bowie have caused the latest fad sweeping the UK, the credit crunch? A review of Art and Ethical Criticism.
