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From Public Space, a special issue on sex and mercy; and Desmond Manderson (McGill): Desert Island Disks: Ten Reveries on Inter-Disciplinary Pedagogy in Law. English is coming: A look the adverse side-effects of the growing dominance of English. From FT, a review of books on India. From Ny Tid, there is a light in the darkness of Belarus — a Belarusian university in exile provides future generations with internationally approved degrees and the ability to think independently. Critics say Afghanistan can’t be saved, but a new push from America and Kabul could work. A look at the 5 most retarded wars ever. The world needs a coordinated response to the current economic crisis, in which each country commits to undertake stimulus that's appropriate to the size of its economy and to its position in the global balance of trade. Don't get depressed: A writer's guide to surviving the recession. Here are 20 things you didn't know about television. Are Hollywood and the Internet killing reading? Diane Ravitch investigates. A review of Wittgenstein and Reason. A review of Alexander Waugh’s The House of Wittgenstein: A Family at War (and more and more and more; and more from Bookforum). More on We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land by Jimmy Carter. An interview with Gene Healy, author of The Cult of the Presidency: America’s Dangerous Devotion to Executive Power