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Vol. 13, No. 2, 2014

     
 
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CONTENTS
  new MH370
THE PERFECT CRASH by Robert J. Lewis
The crash that never was: Malaysian Airlines Flight 370.
 

1.

Essay
CHALLENGING CASINO CAPITALISM by Henry Giroux
The Gilded Age meets The Wolf of Wall Street.
  2. From the Frontline
WHY I WRITE by David Solway
Caring as a fundamental mode of being-in-the-world.
  3. Sexuality
ROBOT SEX: PROS & CONS by Greta Christina
Betty and Bill and the end of performance anxiety.
  4. Cosmos
NEIL deGRASSE TYSON interviewed by Curtis Brainard
Talk show host, astrophysicist and cosmic debris.
  5. Art
BOB DYLAN THE PAINTER by Andrew Graham-Dixon
He's a better artist than singer insist those who don't like his music.
  6. Book Review
AMSTERDAMNED: RUSSELL SHORTO'S ENCOMIUM reviewed by Bruce Bawer
Has the modern city betrayed its liberal past?
  7.

Health
DO WE NEED VACCINES? by Alan Cassels
A biotech profit ploy or a shot in the arm in the key of life?


  8. Music
FASCISM AND BLACK METAL by Noah Berlatsky
The loss of innocence unchained.
  9.

Art
GIACOMETTI: A LINE IN THE WILDERNESS by Robert J. Lewis
Portraiture's first metaphysician.


  10.

Environment
NATURE DEFICIT DISORDER by Richard Louv
Being in nature enhances immune system, reduces stress, improves performance.


  11.

Music
THE LAST SYMPHONY by John Halle
If classical is in its death throes, who put it there?


  12.

Travel
BULGAR ISN'T VULGAR IN BULGARIA by John M. Edwards
Revolving menus, pagans and Christians at the gate and let the carnival begin.


  13.

Report
THE PAYOFF by Lee Fang
Imagine getting paid millons for leaving your position to work for government. Why?


  14.

Black Hole
ASTROPHYSICS FOR MORTALS by Nick Catalano
Our universe is expanding faster and faster. Does it matter?


  15.

Film Review
OMAR (HANY ABU-ASSAD) reviewed by Max Weiss
Taming the beast in the Middle East.


     

 

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