From NYRB, such, such was Eric Blair: A review of books by George Orwell; and here are selections from the letters of Norman Mailer (and part 2); and can we transform the auto-industrial society? Emma Rothschild wants to know. From the Project for Excellence in Journalism, here's a special report on the New Washington Press Corps. Manufacturing Guilt: Experts say this exclusive video shows a dental examiner creating the bite marks that put a man on death row. Salon asks what President Obama will do about the rise of suicide and murder among U.S. soldiers returning from combat; and an interview with Alexandra Pelosi, director of "Right America: Feeling Wronged". From Sign and Sight, Bernard-Henri Levy embarks on an adventure of anti-Nazi dialectics — first stop: Tom Cruise; and submission in advance: 20 years after the fatwa was issued against Salman Rushdie, Islamism has the West more firmly in its grip than ever before. How cartoons joined the 21st century: Forget paper and wave goodbye to inky fingers; Simon Usborne discovers the hottest comics are strictly online (and from Bookforum, a review of Douglas Wolk’s Reading Comics: How Graphic Novels Work and What They Mean). From TNR, a review of 2666 by Roberto Bolano. From Smithsonian, a look at how Lincoln and Darwin shaped the modern world. A review of Everyday Aesthetics by Yuriko Saito.
