A new issue of Econ Journal Watch is out. From First of the Month, Amiri Baraka on how we are already in the future. An interview with Edwin Burrows, author of Forgotten Patriots: The Untold Story of American Prisoners During the Revolutionary War. A review of Human Rights at the UN: The Political History of Universal Justice by Roger Normand. Politicians have a reputation for being big talkers, but sometimes the most interesting statements are the ones they aren’t trying to make. John Sutherland on how the demands of publishing are conflicting with scholarship on Shakespeare. Douglas W. Kmiec on his experience as a Catholic who supported Obama. An interview with Nancy Polikoff, author of Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage. A review of The Next Government of the United States: Why Our Institutions Fail Us and How to Fix Them by Donald F. Kettl. A review of Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery by Siddharth Kara. The Little Unions That Couldn’t: Card check is worth fighting for — except for the "card check" part. Cambridge on the Potomac: For Harvard, "change" means a return to power. It wasn't Katrina that destroyed the Bush presidency; it was downhill from the moment Bush tried to destroy Social Security — he knows it, and Barack Obama should, too. The historian as cartoonist: An article on drawing George W. Bush.
