LATEST ADDITIONS

<I>The Chronicle of Higher Education</I> makes the case that <I>Idol</I>'s popularity reflects "a hunger for realistic evaluation."

Timothy Mangan has a nice interview with Murray Perahia in the <I>OCRegister</I>. It's good to have him back performing.

A few days ago, I briefly mentioned the fact that our totally radical magazine is also available <a href="http://www.zinio.com/offer?issn=0585-2544&of=ZH01&ns=zno">in digital attire</a>. It was on my mind because Dave Jenne, one of the production dudes at Zinio (our digital publishing partner), had sent me the link to our April issue. Dave sends me an e-mail each month. And it goes a little something like this:

Are scientists getting close to telepathy?

I was reading Alex Ross's spot-on <A HREF="http://www.therestisnoise.com/2007/03/burying_the_led.html">"Burying the Lede"</A> this morning, when I followed a link to an essay he'd published in <I>The New Yorker</I> back in February that you simply <I>must</I> read.

Rats&mdash;like people&mdash;experience metacognition. To paraphrase Clint Eastwood, a rat's smart enough to know its own limitations.

Stealing jokes is serious.