From Ralph, a review of The Ice Palace That Melted Away: How Good Design Enhances Our Lives by Bill Stumpf; a review of Bad Cop: New York's Least Likely Police Officer Tells All by Paul Bacon; a review of Bonobo Handshake: A Memoir of Love and Adventure in the Congo by Vanessa Woods; a review of Oscar Wilde in America: The Interviews; a review of Let's Get Free: A Hip-Hop Theory of Justice by Paul Butler. Joshua Cohen reviews Gordon Lish's Collected Fictions. Could the decades-long global impasse over abortion worldwide be overcome — by little white pills costing less than $1 each? There is growing evidence that our governing elite just doesn’t care about the prospects of American workers — that a once-unthinkable level of economic distress is in the process of becoming the new normal. A review of The End of Ideology and the Rise of Religion by William D. Rubinstein. A review of Immortality and the Law: The Rising Power of the American Dead by Ray D. Madoff (and more). From Lillith, Julie Greenberg is confidently breaking the norms: How one mother, with a series of female lovers, two rabbinic sperm donors, two adoptions, and one gay parenting partner raises five exceptional kids. "The word is douche bag. Douche space bag.": Lori Fradkin on what it's really like to be a copy editor. Here is research on the legend of good cop/bad cop. After three failed marriages and 60 years on the road, Willie Nelson knows music — and heartache. A review of Creepiosity: A Hilarious Guide to the Unintentionally Creepy by David Bickel (and more). My Bald Head: Raymond Tallis reveals the philosophical connection between medical ethics and hair loss.
