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Digital Divides
Scott McLemee reviews two books about our networked society that raise rather dystopian concerns.
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Net Rupture
Scott McLemee reviews Manuel Castells's Rupture: The Crisis of Liberal Democracy.
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Mind the Gap
Scott McLemee evaluates international research -- and the resulting attention -- focused on the gender gap in the publication of articles in academic journals.
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The Edge of Academic Freedom
Scott McLemee reviews Joan Wallach Scott's Knowledge, Power and Academic Freedom.
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Political Theater of the Absurd
Scott McLemee contemplates the death of Lyndon LaRouche and the future of his movement.
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2020 Visions
Scott McLemee reviews some of the books now being published by university presses, many of which seem to predict our world in the upcoming decade.
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Approaching ‘Entropy’
Scott McLemee reviews Eric Johnson's Anxiety and the Equation: Understanding Boltzmann's Entropy.
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The State of the State of the Union
Scott McLemee traces the evolution of the State of the Union address from George Washington's day until our current moment.