John Lanchester | London Review Of Books | 28 March 2012 Fine essay examines our modern capitalist society, through the lens of Marx. "If you look at a large picture of the world, much of what he predicted has come true." But there are some key areas where his thinking went awry Comments Alec Russell | FT | 23 March 2012 A harrowing return. "To a casual visitor, Visegrad looks like any other sleepy town in the southern Balkans. But the past here is unforgiven, unforgotten, unresolved. The town is as it was at the end of the war" Comments Eduardo Porter | NYT | 27 March 2012 "Research suggests not only that the government could raise much more revenue by sharply raising the top tax rates paid by the richest Americans, but it could do so without slowing economic growth." Ready for an 80% top tax rate? Comments Stephen Bronner | Logos | 19 March 2012 "The basic idea of surrealism is simple enough, and that defines its power. Everyday life or the habitual reality we experience is a barrier to the expression of those manifold and unspoken desires encoded in dreams" Comments Tony Perrottet | Smithsonian | 23 March 2012 "Casanova lived from 1725 to 1798, and was a far more intellectual figure than the gadabout playboy portrayed on film. He was a true Enlightenment polymath, whose many achievements would put the likes of Hugh Hefner to shame" Comments Tim Neville | Outside | 9 March 2012 Enthralling profile of speed climber Ueli Steck, "The Swiss Machine". Conquered the Eiger in under three hours, the Matterhorn in less than two. Without a rope, or so much as a sniff of an oxygen mask. Which left only the Himalaya Comments | 
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