From The University Bookman, is conservatism dead? A symposium in response to “Conservatism is Dead” by Sam Tanenhaus. Who killed the neocons? Commentary magazine was once one of the conservative movement’s leading voices, but today it’s an ideological bunker. When one extraordinary life story is not enough: Herman Rosenblat survived a Nazi death camp; fifty years on, he told Oprah of the little girl who had thrown food over the fence and kept him alive. Sure, the Twitter guys still have no idea how to make money off their fabulous invention, but for now they are living in a dreamworld of infinite possibilities, maybe the last one on Earth. A look at how your looks betray your personality. Why are creative geniuses always portrayed as insufferable louts? Javier Marias wants to know. An Alienation Artist: A review of books on unraveling the Kafkaesque mystique of Franz Kafka. Where is Kant when we need him?: We seem unable to extend the rules we live by to others. An interview with Maggie Jackson, author of Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age. The banks are imploding, your home is worthless, we’re all going to die! A new crop of Dr. Dooms are making careers out of scaring you. A review of How To Live A Search for Wisdom From Old People (While They Are Still on This Earth) by Henry Alford (and more).
