From National Review, David Horowitz on Cornel West and American radicalism. Too clever by half: James Surowiecki on the pros and cons of financial innovation. Complexity used to be so simple — it meant progress, we liked it — now the most intractable issues of our age, from war to finance, are tangled in ways that inspire headaches, not awe. Albert Mobilio reviews Cartographies of Time: A History of the Timeline by Daniel Rosenberg and Anthony Grafton (and more). Peter Barber, Head of Map Collections at the British Library, on maps that changed the world. Thomas P.M. Barnett on the new rules: In politics, don't trust anyone over 50! On Sunday, May 9th, The Huffington Post celebrated five years in business; five CJR reporters reflect on various aspects of its legacy. Hate Thy Neighbor: If mass demonstrations and violence erupt in the United States soon, it’ll be over immigration, not economics. From NBCC's series "Conversations with Literary Websites", an interview with Mark Athitakis of The Millions. The end of the world as we know it is not the end of the world full stop; The Dark Mountain Project intends to conjure into being new ways of seeing and writing about the world, and they call this Uncivilisation. If you want to let Benedict XVI know you're supporting him, but you can't make it to Rome, send him a text. The gulf disaster may derail Obama’s grand climate bargain — but there may be a radioactive way to put it back together. How can a generation whose cultural trademark is a refusal to grow up have a midlife crisis? An interview with Cory Doctorow, author of For the Win (and more). Will the great recession lead to World War IV? Michael Lind on how global stagnation strengthens the nationalist right everywhere, potentially leading to a whole new kind of cold war.
