Yannis A. Stivachtis (VPI): Anti-Americanism in World Affairs: Can the United States Do Anything About It? From Doublethink, an article on the misunderstood philosophy of abstinence education; and an article on the black presidents before Obama. Wall Street isn't the only place with a fearful lack of understanding these days; whether it's horror in Hollywood or Mumbai, the digital era has become boxed in to the unknown. An excerpt from The Wreck of Western Culture: Humanism Revisited. From Eurozine, does press freedom entail an unlimited right to information on behalf of the public? When that information concerns victims of violence, the answer is no; a district court in Belarus orders that a recent issue of the journal Arche be destroyed; and faced with public funding cuts, the editors of Esprit write an open letter defending the role of generalist cultural journals. From Reason, a review of Invisible Hands: The Making of the Conservative Movement from the New Deal to Reagan by Kim Phillips-Fein and The Conservative Century: From Reaction to Revolution by Gregory L. Schneider. Balancing banks: James Surowiecki on the aims of the Geithner plan. From Metapsychology, a review of Mental Causation: The Mind-Body Problem by Anthony Dardis; and a review of A Mind of Its Own: How Your Brain Distorts and Deceives by Cordelia Fine.
