The Winter Reading of Our Discontents
What the vacationing wonk might take to the beach, courtesy of the Miami book fair and the Bush administration.
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ROCK STAR! (Brought to You by HUGE ADVERTISER!)
A Miller-McCune interview with Bethany Klein of the University of Leeds, who's researching the increasingly close relationship between pop music and Madison Avenue.
Songs and Ads: Ten Infamous Examples
Here's 10 examples of songs turned into ads, all influential, some successful.
The Enduring Mystery of the Higgs Boson
Or how a documentary film makes the attempt to verify the existence of an atomic particle as fascinating as it really is.
Scary Cinema Verité
A documentary film warns that America's fiscal policies are a looming disaster as Wall Street melts down in real time.
To Kill, or Not to Kill
Soldiers of Conscience, a PBS documentary, examines the ethics and emotional cost of killing on the battlefield.
Market Failure
Two professors explain why small government, loose regulations and an over-reliance on markets eventually cost taxpayers.
The Inconvenient Alliance
Looking at the complex U.S.-Saudi relationship in a time of terrorism, rising oil prices and climate change.
Tribes of the 21st Century
An essay collection makes the case that, in the digital age, community is more a matter of ideas than of geography. Even if the idea is a Nigerian e-mail scam.