From Forbes, a special report on "elitism"; and here are ten things Americans shouldn't be buying. From 3:AM Magazine, nihilism, punk and the International Necronautical Society: An interview with Simon Critchley. How Obama is using the science of change: It's more than a campaign slogan — inside the White House's plan to employ behavioral economics to promote its agenda. Here are 10 stories that could be April Fools but aren't, and a look at Silvio Berlusconi's top 10 gaffes and pranks. Reviewing the reviewers: An interview with Michele Lamont, author of How Professors Think: Inside the Curious World of Academic Judgment. Without permission or advance notice, FiledByAuthor has cataloged the information of about 1.8 million authors into individual pages. From Folio, why are successful magazines folding? When otherwise growing titles are forced to fold, something is very wrong. Should newspapers become not-for-profits? Probably not — still, the idea won't go away. Blogging journalism's downfall: Portfolio's Media Blogger Jeff Bercovici pessimistically prognosticates the future of his industry. From Foreign Policy, as the economic gloom deepens, many American politicians and commentators have invoked the recent history of Japan as a cautionary tale — but the comparison may be more misleading than helpful (and why we'll miss Japan when it's gone).
