From the Journal of Transnational American Studies, Junghyun Hwang (Sogang): From the End of History to Nostalgia: The Manchurian Candidate, Then and Now; and Konomi Ara (Tokyo): Josephine Baker: A Chanteuse and a Fighter. From Mclean's, whenever a scandal arises, the same debate is replayed: does the public have a right to know about a politician’s private affairs? A review of Diaghilev: A Life by Sjeng Scheijen. The Archaeologist as Minotaur: A review of Knossos and the Prophets of Modernism by Cathy Gere. A review of Excess: Anti-consumerism in the West by Kim Humphery. A review of Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche by Ethan Watters (and more and more). Slightly used: What can we learn from our (seemingly) pointless tools? More than thirty years after its very first SportsCenter, ESPN is a colossus — bigger, stronger, and faster than its scrappy founders could have possibly imagined; now, by thinking smaller, it's thinking bigger than ever. On a mission to cultivate the minds of the nation: An interview with Lewis Lapham. From Vice, an interview with "Grandma Justice" Lina Marangoni on Comasina in the mid-80s. A review of The Beast and the Sovereign, Volume 1 by Jacques Derrida. They doth protest too much: These days, what's a good old-fashioned street demonstration worth? The myth of the benign monopoly: It’s worth remembering that extreme market dominance introduces trends that are far from benign. The mystery of Bosnia's ancient pyramids: An amateur archaeologist says he's discovered the world's oldest pyramids in the Balkans, but many experts remain dubious. Jon Avalon on the top 25 centrist columnists and commentators. From UN Dispatch, what's behind the Kyrgyzstan Revolution, and what's next? Three possible scenarios.
