From Swans, who wants a One World Government? Michael Barker investigates. A look at why supplanting the dollar would be good for America. From The Wilson Quarterly, Robert Z. Aliber on the Dollar's Day of Reckoning: America’s financial crisis is the inevitable product of dysfunctional international financial arrangements; and Martin Walker on the World's New Numbers. From New York, Gay Talese is writing a new opus — about his relationship with his wife; an article on Andrew W.K. and the democratization of clubland; and which movie villain does Dick Cheney most resemble? From TNR, what will happen when the Vice President says something untoward? Because he will; and William Galston on why we need a committee to investigate our use of torture, and suggestions for what it should do. Here's what you should know about the torture memos. Matt Miller on Obama's secret plan to raise taxes. From Doublethink, an article on the folly of sin taxation; and an essay on onanism and the future of sex. From its nude Jacuzzi to the orgy-filled “mat room”, at Plato’s Retreat you could have sex next to Sammy Davis Jr., a porn star, or even a bus driver. Satoshi Kanazawa on how men sexually harass women because they are not sexist (and part 2); and on why beautiful people are more intelligent (and part 2).
