Paul Krugman & Robin Wells | Salon | 15 April 2012 "How did America become a nation that could not rise to the biggest economic challenge in three generations, a nation in which scorched-earth politics and politicized economics created policy paralysis?" Soaring inequality was key Comments Ron Rosenbaum | Smithsonian | 14 April 2012 Fourth volume of Robert Caro's great biography of Johnson focuses on mysteries of character as much as it does on mysteries of power. And specifically how LBJ and RFK could both combine vicious cruelty with stirring kindness Comments Bernard Haykel, Giacomo Luciani & Eckart Woertz | Foreign Policy | 18 April 2012 "Why do oil prices remain stubbornly high? The reason is simply that Saudi Arabia deliberately refrains from using the market power that it might command." So here is what it should do, and what it would mean Comments Mary Beard | LRB | 18 April 2012 New biography of Caligula presents more nuanced view. Yes, he was extravagant and cruel. But his reign started relatively well. Shades of King Canute: He did extreme things—ennoble his horse—to test the limits of his power Comments Charlie Stross | Charlie's Diary | 14 April 2012 Don't listen to what Jeff Bezos says. Look at what he does. "The peculiar evil genius of Amazon is that Amazon seems to be trying to simultaneously establish a wholesale monopsony and a retail monopoly in the ebook sector" Comments Mark Jenkins | Outside | 9 April 2012 A short course in wilderness first aid at the University of Wyoming. Not for the squeamish. "By the end of this class you will know how to deal with everything from a tension pneumothorax to torsion of the testes” Comments | 
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