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THE SOURCE: “The Mirage” by Sean Wilentz, in The New Republic, Nov. 17, 2011.

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There’s more to Pakistan than the tribal belt.

THE SOURCE: “The Church of Labor” by Lew Daly, in Democracy: A Journal of Ideas, Fall 2011.

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GOD’S JURY:
The Inquisition and the Making of the Modern World.
By Cullen Murphy.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 310 pp. $27

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Using Google to measure Nietzsche’s influence in America.

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SMALL, GRITTY, AND GREEN:
The Promise of America's Smaller Industrial Cities in a Low-Carbon World.
By Catherine Tumber.
MIT Press. 211 pp. $24.95

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Interpreting the decline in American mobility.

THE SOURCE: “Understanding the Rise of Talk Radio” by Jeffrey M. Berry and Sarah Sobieraj, in PS: Political Science & Politics, Oct. 2011.

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THE LETTERS OF ERNEST HEMINGWAY:
Volume 1, 1907-1922.
Edited by Sandra Spanier and Robert W. Trogdon.
Cambridge Univ. Press. 431 pp. $40

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A few questions with WQ contributor Max Byrd.

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