Carlos Frade (Salford): The Sociological Imagination and its Promise Fifty Years Later: Is There a Future for the Social Sciences as a Free Form of Enquiry? From Logos, Michael Lowy on Anticapitalist Readings of Weber’s Protestant Ethic: Ernst Bloch, Walter Benjamin, Gyorgy Lukacs, Erich Fromm. From the Annals of Improbable Research, a special issue on geography and teabagging. From Business Week, a cover story on why the Obama Plan is working: Polls say the economy is heading in the wrong direction, markets say it's back on track — this time, the markets are right. From The New Yorker, a review of The Publisher: Henry Luce and His American Century by Alan Brinkley; and a review of Kitty Kelley’s Oprah. An interview with Jonah Lehrer on books on decision-making. From NCR, Jason Berry on how money paved way for Marcial Maciel's influence in the Vatican and on how Fr. Maciel built his empire. The practice of treating the Catholic Church as a state has been bad for women's equality and gay rights; now, the unfolding sexual abuse scandal reveals another dark side of the Holy See's status. Exploring issues of security in a time of terror, Sarah Pickering’s Explosions, Fires, and Public Order goes behind the scenes at training sites for British government forces. Yona Zeldis McDonough reviews The Bird Catcher by Laura Jacobs. The portion of households that owe no income tax is a popular talking point on cable television and talk radio but relies on a cleverly selective reading of the facts (and more). The obligation to prosecute: An excerpt from Rule of Law, Misrule of Men by Elaine Scarry. Reviving Kunqu: The opera form is building a new audience base with a new five-year promotion plan for campuses. The retirement of Justice John Paul Stevens provides a foothold for a strong liberal presence on the Court.
