Stian Reimers (UCL): A Paycheck Half-Empty or Half-Full? Framing, Fairness and Progressive Taxation. From Vanity Fair, given Tiger Woods’s impenetrable mask of perfection, and the hints of trouble from one strange glimpse behind it, the revelations were inevitable and very, very costly; and since, like, the 60s, and definitely since Clueless, one word has been, like, everywhere; Christopher Hitchens examines the, like, unstoppable onslaught of “like”. Dems versus the deficit: What's the progressive approach to deficit reduction, anyway? From Business Week, forget economics: Philosophy offers a deeper, broader way of thinking to help guide companies through times made tougher by overspecialized experts. A review of Alice Waters and Chez Panisse: The Romantic, Impractical, Often Eccentric, Ultimately Brilliant Making of a Food Revolution by Thomas McNamee. Ron Rosenbaum on the catchphrase of the decade — and those that have had their 15 minutes of fame. The first chapter from Our Army: Soldiers, Politics, and American Civil-Military Relations by Jason Dempsey. Supersized Cocktails: Wayne Curtis on the drinking man’s case for smaller servings. From TPM, Lewis Gordon, author of An Introduction to Africana Philosophy, on an intellectual terrain that examines what it means to be human in the modern world; and Wendy Grossman is a humourless spoilsport and proud of it. Where in the world is Umaru Yar'Adua? Nigeria hasn't seen its president for more than 50 days, leaving the country without effective leadership. Us paranoia: Could the newly remade Red Dawn actually be a good thing?
