From Anthropological Notebooks, Karolina Bielenin-Lenczowska (Warsaw): Visiting of Christian Holy Places by Muslims as a Strategy of Coping With Difference; and Begonya Enguix (UOC): Identities, Sexualities and Commemorations: Pride Parades, Public Space and Sexual Dissidence. From the Great Generals Series, a review of MacArthur by Richard B. Frank; and a review of LeMay by Barrett Tillman. From smallpox and the Berlin Wall in the recent past, to post offices and glaciers in the near future, extinction is all around us — but is there hope for the extinction of death itself? Dodonomics preaches that the government should be "run like a business", but what business doesn't borrow money? Imperial Movements, Round-by-Round: It was not long ago that Filipinos and Puerto Ricans were the gloveless, unprotected, and militarily inferior populations fighting for their lives. Do people prefer to spread good news or bad news, and which stories do social creatures want to share, and why? Syracuse schoolchildren are upset over a White House response to their letter. When school kids sing Obama's praises: An article on education the politics of critical thinking. The difference between a million and a billion is a number so vast that it would seem nearly impossible to confuse the two, but who's counting? The Art of the Ambush: Critics dismiss the practice of surprising reluctant sources with a camera and a microphone as more showbiz than journalism, but television reporters and producers argue the tactic is not just legit, but also good for the story. A review of History of the Mafia by Salvatore Lupo.
