Sebastian Nestler (Klagenfurt): “Going down to South Park gonna learn something today”: On popular culture as critical pleasure and pedagogical discourse. In defense of the new judicial activists: In California and Arizona, Judge Walker and Judge Bolton are just doing their jobs. Ten infamous islands of exile: Established to banish dissidents and criminals, these islands are known for their one-time prisoners. From Cato Unbound, Glenn Greenwald on the Digital Surveillance State: Vast, secret, and dangerous. Mosque Uprising: William Saletan on Islam and the emerging religious threat to our Constitution. From cursive to cursor: Alan Jacobs on whether it matters how we write. Sheikh Your Newtie: William Saletan on the Gingrich-Bin Laden alliance. From Maisonneuve, can a friendship survive different tastes in TV? Andrew Cockburn reviews Invisible War: The United States and the Iraq Sanctions by Joy Gordon. America's Most Exclusive Club: In the ultimate power move, there are people who don't own a cell phone — and they're making the world work for them. It's the ideology, stupid: What do Robespierre, Stalin, Hitler, Che Guevara, and Mullah Omar have in common? From Dark Roasted Blend, an article on abandoned houses of super villains. From Sharp to Lovins Elite: Michael Barker on reform as progressive social change. An article on how the Vatican is searching for E.T. and other signs of alien life.
