A new issue of Liminalities is out. L. Sandy Maisel, Justin Rouse, and Russell Wilson (Colby): Unconventional Wisdom: The Future of Presidential Nominating Conventions. From More Than Thought, Robert Wexelblatt (BU): On Scrooge and Mill; and Nancy Ann Fox (Washington): To Be Ida: Young, Gifted, and Black. Sylvie Gambaudo (Durham): We Need To Talk About Eva: The Demise of the Phallic Mother. From NYRB, a review of books on Willard Mitt Romney. Nicholas Carr on books that are never done being written: Digital text is ushering in an era of perpetual revision and updating, for better and for worse. Jonathan Lear on a lost conception of irony. From Paleo Magazine, Frank Forencich on why paleo is here to stay. It seems impossible that anyone would think well of the job our legislative branch is doing, yet some do — who are these people? A review of Disconnect: The Breakdown of Representation in American Politics by Morris P. Fiorina and Samuel J. Abrams and The Disappearing Center: Engaged Citizens, Polarization, and American Democracy by Alan Abramowitz.
