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Three comments about the Discovery Channel gunman James Lee: 1. Yes, he’s an environmentalist. Lee’s brand of environmentalism may be quirky — not many green manifestos contain the words “a game show format contest would be in order” — but his politics clearly center around the environment.

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The Green Gunman

Few essays attracted as much attention from right-wing readers this summer as “America’s Ruling Class—and the Perils of Revolution” by Angelo Codevilla. Now that very long article has been expanded into a very brief book, called The Ruling Class

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New at Reason: Jesse Walker on The Ruling Class

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A Tetris History of the USSR

Every president looks better as soon as he’s out of office, if only because we can stop worrying then that he’ll be the one who finally blows everything up . But real nostalgia doesn’t kick in until later, when even members of the other party start to cast their gaze backward and long wistfully for a man whose face they used to use as a dartboard. It happened with Ronald Reagan , it happened with Bill Clinton , and as of the summer of 2010 it is happening with George W.

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Bush Nostalgia Watch

Mermaid ( Osamu Tezuka , 1964):

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Friday Fun Link Disturbing Dystopian Vision

Managing Editor Jesse Walker reviews Out of the Dark , a new history of American rural radio. The book does a fine job of exploring rural broadcasters’ programs and audiences, Walker writes, but it neglects some of the regulations that have shaped the stations.

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New at Reason: Jesse Walker on Rural Radio

Slate press critic Jack Shafer has uncorked his latest batch of bogus trend stories.

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Sharks Attack Missing White Girl at Ground Zero Mosque

In 1928 Zora Neale Hurston, a novelist and anthropologist with a strong libertarian streak , shot 15 reels of film in southern black communities. The original plan was to turn the footage into a full-fledged documentary; that never happened, but some of the film survived, and now you can see it on YouTube.

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Their Eyes Were Watching Movies

In 1928 Zora Neale Hurston, a novelist and anthropologist with a strong libertarian streak , shot 15 reels of film in southern black communities.

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Their Eyes Were Watching Movies