From Edge, Don Tapscott on the impending demise of the university. Jonathan Wolff on why greed is good (sometimes) — but regulation is better. The next tropical paradise: New ideas for what to do with America's piece of Cuba. A review of Joe Scarborough's The Last Best Hope: Restoring Conservatism and America's Promise. A review of Money, Markets, and Sovereignty by Benn Steil and Manuel Hinds. From CT, a review of James Fenimore Cooper: The Early Years by Wayne Franklin; and a review of The Selected Letters of Wallace Stegner; and Wallace Stegner and the American West by Philip L. Fradkin. An interview with Christopher Hayes: The Nation’s Washington editor is just 30 years old and spends his time reporting on “a very corrupt town.” Stuart Jeffries on the strange case of Mrs Slocombe's vanishing pussy. La Vie d'autrefois: Graham Lea on animal traction, French food culture, bio-agriculture, and a return to bygone days. A review of The Broken Compass: How British Politics Lost Its Way by Peter Hitchens. When Britain feared the Blackshirts: Nicholas Mosley on Sir Raymond Carr discuss about the rise and fall of British fascism. A review of Democracy: 1,000 Years in Pursuit of British Liberty by Peter Kellner. Don't swallow the scaremongering claims of the anti-GM lobby — modified foods are a rational alternative to mass starvation.
