Megan A. Dean (Alberta): Visualizing Resistance: Foucauldian Ethics and the Female Body Builder. Bent Sorensen (Aalborg): The Concept of Metaphor According to the Philosophers C. S. Peirce and U. Eco: A Tentative Comparison. From The Threepenny Review, a review of books by Wendell Berry; and Alberto Manguel on the advantages and disadvantages of bathing in the Fountain of Youth. Smart ass cripple's Little Red Book: Mike Ervin is out to topple all your pre-conceptions about the world of the disabled. Was Jesus a Communist? Communist politicians spanked by Catholics for claiming Christ as world's first revolutionary. Ruth Franklin on the thrill of applying literary theory to everyday texts. From The Washington Diplomat, embassies make their case to Congress via lobby shops; and in an era when most Beltway political pundits are prone to predictable and fiercely partisan posturing, Steve Clemons is an informed rarity. Is it time to overhaul the calendar? A reformed calendar, with a pattern of two 30-day months followed by one 31-day month, would be more business friendly.
