From Human Ecology Review, Karen O'Neill, Jeff Calia, Caron Chess, and Lee Clarke (Rutgers): Miscommunication during the Anthrax Attacks; and an article on terrorism risk perceptions and proximity to primary terrorist targets: How close is too close? From the International Journal of Conflict and Violence, a special issue on terrorism, including Michel Wieviorka (EHESS): From Classical Terrorism to “Global” Terrorism; and Brigitte Nacos, Yaeli Bloch-Elkon, Robert Shapiro (Columbia): Post-9/11 Terrorism Threats, News Coverage, and Public Perceptions in the United States. From American Journalism Review, after their credulous performance in the run-up to the war in Iraq, how are the news media handling the Bush administration’s allegations against Iran? Larry Diamond on the time for a “diplomatic surge”: Democracy may be turning a corner in Iraq, but it’s going to need a lot of help. That frontier mythology now threatens the world: A review of What is America? A Short History of the New World Order by Ronald Wright. Alvaro Vargas Llosa on Kobe Bryant and the triumph of internationalism at the games. From Esquire, Chuck Klosterman on The Great American Stasis: When you remove yourself from the exciting scrum of American culture, you realize it's not very exciting, and there is no scrum. A review of Blind Date: Sex and Philosophy by Anne Dufourmantelle.
