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Completely off their rockers

From Intercollegiate Review, George Carey on how to read Willmoore Kendall. The Timbaland Era: Sasha Frere-Jones on how the most important producer of the decade changed the rules. From Jewcy, an article on how Rightist Jews make common cause with Nazis against Islam. While some of America's smartest and most civic-minded people are trying to save daily newspapers, the media moguls who can make a difference seem to be completely off their rockers. Christopher Sorrentino reviews The Development by John Barth. From Wired, an article on Weird Al, forefather of the YouTube spoof. Birth of an ocean: An articled on the evolution of Ethiopia's Afar Depression. From In These Times, Susan Douglas on what Bush has stolen from us. Here are five cities that stand in a class all their own when it comes to brutal, homicidal violence. From Cafe Babel, an article on Europe between pragmatism and utopia. From Business Week, here's a business plan for the Catholic Church. From Big Think, can Dan Gilbert make you happy? An interview with Jonathan Gershuny, an expert in how we spend our time and what it says about us. More on Nudge by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein. A review of Martin Gardner's Hexaflexagons, Probability Paradoxes, and the Tower of Hanoi. A review of The Case Against Barack Obama by David Freddoso.