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From Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews, a review of The Philosophers of the Ancient World: An A-Z Guide; a review of Classics and the Uses of Reception by Charles Martindale and Richard F. Thomas; a review of Archaeology and the Emergence of Greece by Anthony Snodgrass, a review of Pity and Power in Ancient Athens; a review of Thucydides and the Philosophical Origins of History by Darien Shanske; and a review of Julius Caesar: the People's Dictator by Luciano Canfora. A review of The Cambridge Companion to Early Modern Philosophy. Timothy L. S. Sprigge on The History of Western Philosophy, in verse. An interview with Edward Craig, author of Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction. A review of The Human Touch: Our Part in the Creation of a Universe by Michael Frayn.

From Canadian Journal of Sociology, a review of The Illusion of Cultural Identity by Jean-François Bayart; a review of Social Performance: Symbolic Action, Cultural Pragmatics, and Ritual; a review of It Was Like a Fever: Storytelling in Protest and Politics by Francesca Polletta; a review of Why? by Charles Tilly; and a review of Youth, Globalization, and the Law. A review of Justice as Integrity: Tolerance and the Moral Momentum of Law by David Fagelson. Kenan Malik reviews Black Mass: Apocalyptic Religion and the Death of Utopia by John Gray (and more and more and more). A review of Smoot's Ear: The Measure of Humanity by Robert Tavernor.

Holocaust historian Saul Friedlander says his crusade to keep history alive is not just a professional imperative, it's highly personal. In the run-up to a debate in London, the American warrior against Holocaust denial Deborah Lipstadt explains why she’s opposed to censoring deniers. Bad Apples and Bad Barrels: Lessons in evil from Stanford to Abu Ghraib. From The Nation, Harvard's Humanitarian Hawks: Harvard's Carr Center for Human Rights doesn't officially favor the war in Iraq, so why is it helping Gen. David Patraeus devise a counter-insurgency doctrine? The president of Eastern Michigan University was fired, months after top university officials were accused of covering up the rape and slaying of a student by publicly ruling out foul play. The first new Catholic university in the United States in 40 years, Ave Maria University, will open next month, the creation of Tom Monaghan, founder of Domino's Pizza.

From American, what's the best way for businesses to help fix education? Stop backing a system that doesn't work, smash the regulations, and support the entrepreneurs who will shake things up; and No Hesitations: A child of violence and poverty, Roland Fryer of Harvard goes where other economists fear to tread. Inner-City Futurism: A new kind of high school in Chicago's inner city will train its students for high-tech, high-pay manufacturing. School diversity based on income segregates some: Recent experiments show how hard it can be to balance academic success and socioeconomic and racial diversity. A review of The Schooled Society: An Introduction to the Sociology of Education by Scott Davies and Neil Guppy.