From Common-place, H. Robert Baker (GSU): The Supreme Court Confronts History Or, habeas corpus redivivus. Ben Cohen on Bush's banned interview: An insight into insanity. A review of When Languages Die: The Extinction of the World's Languages and the Erosion of Human Knowledge by K. David Harrison. A review of A World of Wealth: How Capitalism Turns Profit into Progress by Thomas G. Donlan. If economics is the study of the allocation of scarce goods and services, what could be scarcer or more precious than love? Habits may be good for you: Social scientists have learned that there is power in tying certain behaviors to habitual cues through relentless advertising. Some bloggers have pondered a severe question about Joe Liberman: Can you recall a sitting Senator? If Barack Obama is the most admired black man in America right now, it may be no exaggeration to say that John McWhorter is a candidate for the unpopularity prize. Obama, Shaman: The candidate’s post-masculine charisma tempts America in the age of Oprah. From The New Yorker, Ryan Lizza on how Chicago shaped Obama; the lion and the mouse: Jill Lepore on the battle that reshaped children’s literature; and Americans can’t live without their lawns—but how long can they live with them? More and more and more and more on The Post-American World by Fareed Zakaria.
