Cornel Ban (BU): Give Me a Paradigm Shift, But Not Yet: Research and Fiscal Policy at the IMF. Joseph G. Howard (Simon Fraser): Agents of Change or Victims of Empire? Native Converts to Christianity. Helen M. Kinsella reviews Sex and World Peace by Valerie M. Hudson, Bonnie Ballif-Spanvill, Mary Caprioli, and Chad F. Emmett. Ezra Klein on Ben Bernanke’s surprisingly excellent, radical speech, taking direct aim at the "meritocracy". From Logos a review essay on the life and times of the underground press by Abe Peck. The recent campaign at the University of Sussex against the outsourcing of 235 non-academic jobs has confronted certain organizational and ideological limitations of the struggles in higher education so far. Looking for votes, Rightbloggers explore "conservative reform", find pretty much conservatism.
