From Critical Inquiry, Danny Postel interviews Tzvetan Todorov. From Modern Age, Roger Scruton on why conservatives are conservationists. An interview with Morgan Spurlock on "Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?" People don't read anymore; translation is expensive; the Internet!: At the London Book Fair, the sky was most definitely falling. Jorg Guido Hulsmann on the political economy of moral hazard. Small-town people of modest means and limited education are not fixated on cultural issues — rather, social issues are the opiate of the elites. Robert Pinsky on frequently asked questions about poetry. Friends Indeed: As we click with more pals online, the idea of friendship multiplies. Arthur Brooks on why free people are happy people, especially when strong personal morality guides their choices. Matthew Price reviews Samuele F. S. Pardini’s The Devil Gets His Due: The Uncollected Essays of Leslie Fiedler. Jon Chait on how conservatives have perfected working class PC. Media hypocrites love personality politics: Why is the GOP smear machine so good at re-creating the social dynamics of high school, pitting the Republican jocks against the Democratic nerds? Who is the working class, and what makes it vote the way it does? Barack Obama's going to be the bitter one at the end of this. A review of Warrior's Dishonour: Barbarity, Morality and Torture in Modern Warfare.
