Simply Left Behind: A new study shows that song lyrics have become more narcissistic and hostile. (Paging Christopher Lasch!)

Kiko's House: A review of an essential new book about Malcolm X.

Just an Earth-Bound Misfit: A look back at Gallipoli, in honour of the Aussies and Kiwis.

Cause for Concern: A rebuke to the right-wing view that Americans own all their domestic oil reserves. (Because, you know, there's something called the free market.)

Round-up by Michael J.W. Stickings of The Reaction. I'll be here all week.

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