The Nation sponsors a forum on "Gandhi, King and the Power of Nonviolence: Alternatives to Force in the 21st Century". The Successories President: The posterized secret of Obama's success? Class is the new black: Debra J. Dickerson on how she had to look beyond race and learn to love equality. A review of The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama by Gwen Ifill (and an excerpt). Simon Schama on the great hope, Barack Obama. The American Character: Bucking scholarly trends, Simon Schama argues it has a bright future. The moral ambiguity of Everest: Amid the ongoing "torch" drama, a timely book delves into the summit's dark side. A book that changes everything: A review of Against Intellectual Monopoly by Michele Boldrin and David Levine. A structural crisis of the system: An interview with Istvan Meszaros. From The Journal of Markets & Morality, a review of Catholicism and Religious Freedom: Contemporary Reflections on Vatican II’s Declaration on Religious Liberty. Ezra Klein on what it means to be pro-Israel. What does it mean, in 2009, to be a political or judicial conservative? From PopMatters, the Ultimate Fighting Championship owes its rise to prominence to America’s most recent guilty pleasure: reality TV; and Americans can't afford to spend like they used to, but is frugal living ever really going to become trendy?
