Bryan C. McCannon (WFU): Can You Beat A Fictitious Player At Matching Pennies? From New York, do you own Facebook, or does Facebook own you? Vanessa Grigoriadis on how trust is a fragile commodity; steering Detroit straight: Obama and Geithner got it right — what’s good for GM is not necessarily what’s good for America; Geithner’s Guru: John Heilemann on the turnaround artist who made the Treasury secretary telegenic; and an interview with Glenn Beck, weepy Fox populist. As social secretary, Desiree Rogers is gatekeeper and imagemaker, but her top job is brand promoter — casting the Obamas as occupants of a "People's House". Faced with a threat to your life, the mind does strange things — how do you get out alive? A review of Alger Hiss and the Battle for History by Susan Jacoby (and more). A look at why dreams mean less than we think. Are liberal college professors indoctrinating a generation of innocent college students? An interview with Doug Fine, author of Farewell, My Subaru: An Epic Adventure in Local Living. From Wired, a road map for financial recovery: Radical transparency now! Enough market testing: Perhaps advertisers have too much access to demographic information, which is why none of them are taking creative risks. A review of The 10 Most Beautiful Experiments by George Johnson. Improve education by merging school districts? States have tried it, and it doesn't work.
