David Remnick | New Yorker | 9 January 2012 Book review that may obviate your need to read Jodi Kantor's "The Obamas". Her book serves up a few scoops of ice cream; Remnick gives some historical perspective on first couple dynamics. Nixon, predictably, comes out badly Comments Peg O’Connor | NYT | 8 January 2012 Philosopher, alcoholic, re-visits Plato's allegory of the cave, to see what light it can shed on world of addiction, relapse, recovery. "Those who do make it out of the cave and manage never to relapse again are few and far between" Comments Geoffrey Gray | New York | 8 January 2012 On the corruption of NY state senator and Brooklyn power broker, Carl Kruger. Soon to be sentenced. Strange thing is he still lives in the same house, with the same wallpaper. He never used the bribes to enrich himself. Here's why Comments Suzanna Andrews | Vanity Fair | 9 January 2012 Full story of how Brooks rose from small town obscurity to head News International by age of 41. Became Murdoch's "fantasy daughter" along the way. And friends with three prime ministers. Then phone hacking scandal broke Comments John Heileman | New York | 6 January 2012 Where ABR stands for Anyone But Romney. Santorum must over-deliver in New Hampshire as Romney disappoints. Then win South Carolina. Romney still wins eventually, but may be mortally wounded if he hasn't killed off ABR in Carolina Comments Don George | National Geographic | 23 December 2011 Enticing account of a trip to the Japanese island of Shikoku. "The faint scent of charcoal from last night’s hearth rides on the air. I feel as if I’m in the hermit’s hut in a 17th-century ink-and-brush painting" Comments | 
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