Magazine Sampler, Jul. 20

On our display of new magazines:

TIME July 20 AP 2 T37

• "The Renegade" by David Von Drehle and Jay Newton-Small examines Sarah Palin's exit from office.

Newsweek July 20 AP 2 N6772

• Daniel Klaidman discusses the possibility of Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. prosecuting members of the Bush administration for their role in torture.

The New Yorker July 20 AP 2 N6763

• fiction by William Styron
• John Colapinto profiles Al Franken's entree into the Senate.

New Scientist July 4-10 Q1N52

• "Emotion Detectors" by Hazel Muir reveals upcoming artificial intelligence technologies that can sense human emotion.

MAGAZINE SAMPLER for June, Part II

from June issues of our magazines:

Maclean's AP 5 M2

• an interview with Harvard psychologist Gene Heyman, who argues that drug or alcohol addiction is "a matter of personal choice, not a sickness (p. 19).


• Nicholas Kohler illuminates the trend of Canadians buying foreclosed properties in the U.S.'s Southwest (p. 36).

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• a report on interactive performance art, "You Had to Be There," (p. 70).


• a report on new strategies museum directors are implementing to "help people feel welcome, engaged, and emotionally fulfilled" (p. 76).

The New Republic June 17 AP 2 N624

• The cover story is actually a book review: Isaac Chotiner roughs up Ariana Huffington's Right Is Wrong: How the Lunatic Fringe Hijacked America, Shredded the Constitution, And Made us All Less Safe (And What You Need to Know to End the Madness (p. 29).


• "Spent: America After Consumerism"--Amitai Etzioni discusses the role of conspicuous consumption in our current economic malaise (p. 20).

Science June 5 P1 S35

• features on the origin of sexual reproduction (p. 1254), hydrogen cars (p. 1257), and farm-bred tuna (p. 1260).

MAGAZINE SAMPLER for June, Part I

Highlights from June issues of our magazines:

• Inc-- This month's "How I Did It" features Reid Hoffman, founder of LinkedIn, "the Facebook of professionals." (p. 82)

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• The New Yorker (June 1)-- In the column "Talk of the Town," Jeffrey Toobin comments on recent speeches by Barack Obama and Dick Cheney (p. 27)

"Slim's Time"--a profile of Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, who may be interested in buying the New York Times

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• The Nation (June 8) -- In the column "The Liberal Media," Eric Alterman criticizes recent coverage in many major newspapers.

William Deresiewicz reviews six books on literary Darwinism.

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• Psychology Today-- "A Fateful First Act" by Emily Laber-Warren argues that research shows "the action-packed days a baby spends in utero influence her emotional and physical makeup for years to come."

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