From The American Interest, an interview with Robert Putnam, author of Making Democracy Work. An interview with Jacob Heilbrunn, author of They Knew They Were Right: The Rise of the Neocons (and a review and more). An excerpt from On the Make: The Hustle of Urban Nightlife by David Grazian (and a review). A review of Sex, Science & Profits: How People Evolved to Make Money by Terence Kealey. A review of Freedom for the Thought That We Hate: A Biography of the First Amendment by Anthony Lewis (and more and more). Moving beyond Gore’s message: A look back (and ahead) at climate change communications. Art is the new activism: Banksy attracts the press attention, but around him is an increasingly influential movement of political artists operating outside the mainstream (and more and more). A review of Affluenza by Oliver James (and more). There is a Nobel Prize-winning alternative to our illogical voting system. Election officials have had no practical way to guarantee a correct ballot count—until now. The introduction to Mathematics and Democracy: Designing Better Voting and Fair-Division Procedures by Steven J. Brams. Fritz Stern on how German history holds a cautionary tale for America. Instead of dumbing down the classics, mass-market popularizations sometimes make them even better. A review of A Natural History of Time by Pascal Richet.
