From THES, a review of The Constant Fire: Beyond the Science vs Religion Debate by Adam Frank; a review of Reframing Social Citizenship by Peter Taylor-Gooby; and a review of Six-Legged Soldiers: Using Insects as Weapons of War by Jeffrey A. Lockwood. Flying the flag: A start-up aims to profit from patriotism. Why dumpster diving can save you from going off the deep end: An excerpt from The Scavenger's Manifesto by Anneli Rufus and Kristan Lawson. A review of Slow-Tech: Manifesto for an Over-wound World by Andrew Price. A review of How to Be French: Nationality in the Making since 1789 by Patrick Weil. Why do innocent people make false confessions? Obama calls himself a New Democrat and shows what it means. How should companies behave in recessions? James Surowiecki investigates. A review of Educational Metamorphoses: Philosophical Reflections on Identity and Culture by Jane Roland Martin. Gregory McNamee visits Crusoe’s Island. The Web site Seeking Arrangement makes it easy for “sugar daddies” to connect with “sugar babies”, but the relationships it fosters are far from simple. Grant Stoddard, the author of Working Stiff: The Misadventures of an Accidental Sexpert, says men suffer more from the classic sexual double-standard more than women (and a rebuttal).
