From Air & Space, from the impossible dream of a space-based shield, missile defense has come down to Earth — but will it work? The Stealth Media Mogul: Billionaire Philip Anschutz is quietly building a small empire of social-networking sites, newspapers and now a leading conservative weekly. From Wired, an article on the Great Wall of Facebook: The social network's plan to dominate the Internet — and keep Google out (and more and more from Business Week). In the battle between Facebook and MySpace, a digital "white flight". Picture Perfect: Why Golden Books are golden. In Defense of Google Books: Don’t listen to dystopian monopoly-mongers. For our children’s sake, we should follow the Trappist monks and turn off everything, including ourselves, once in a while. From TAP, Starr, Reich and Kuttner discuss the perils and promise of a public-insurance option. Tyler Cowen on one lesson from the crisis: It's time to create your own economy. Jon Shields on what abortionist killers believe: The consequences of a fringe theology. Ken Pagano, the pastor of the New Bethel Church, is passionate about gun rights and urges his flock to bring guns to church. A look at the unlikely friendship between Farrah Fawcett and Ayn Rand. How does our language shape the way we think? Lera Boroditsky investigates.
