Archive for January 23rd, 2007

Willful Ignorance

January 23, 2007

If we want to change the toxic sexual culture on our nations’ college campuses, we need to start looking at the sex education our high-schoolers receive.
My friend Jen was squashed into a packed lecture hall at the University of Colorado in Boulder, scribbling notes as her sociology professor elucidated the power dynamics underlying rape, [...]

The Power and the Potential of India’s Economic Change

January 23, 2007

All eyes are on China as it races to become the world’s next great power. Smart bettors would be wise to put some money on India to get there first, and Edward Luce explains why in “In Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India,” his highly informative, wide-ranging survey. Mr. Luce, who [...]

THEY CALL ME NAUGHTY LOLA :Personal Ads From The London Review of Books.

January 23, 2007

For some of us, self-deprecation is the olive in the martini of romance. It’s that little something extra — a blast of salt and texture in a pool of cool velvet. The practice of demoting oneself has a counterintuitive power: it takes a truly secure person to self-flagellate. But in “They Call Me Naughty [...]