From InTheFray, a special issue on physical and mental fitness. From Philanthropy, Richard Gilder went long on New York City and American history — the payoff? Enormous; Michael Holthouse is on a mission to revitalize America, one lemonade stand at a time; gang violence terrorizes neighborhoods, businesses, and families — some donors have had enough; articles on the legacies of Irving Kristol and Norman Borlaug; a review of The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt by T.J. Stiles; a review of Billions of Drops in Millions of Buckets: Why Philanthropy Doesn't Advance Social Progress by Steven H. Goldberg; a profile of Philip and Nancy Anschutz; Wikipedia is a social media website that philanthropists can’t afford to ignore; and Dan Pallotta believes charities will be more effective if they model themselves on for-profit enterprises — is he right? In 1977, William Sims Bainbridge and Murray M. Dalziel wrote “New Maps of Science Fiction”; published in Analog Yearbook, it was one of the first carefully done computer-based social sciencey analyses of science fiction. A review of Ernest Gellner: An Intellectual Biography by John A. Hall (and more). From Peace, a review of Under the Radar: Cancer and the Cold War by Ellen Leopold; and a review of Great Peacemakers: True Stories from Around the World by Ken Beller and Heather Chase. How would a Republican president have handled the Gulf oil spill?
