MISCELLANY

Economist, March 26
The cover package argues that competition from Japan and the United States, combined with internal corruption, poverty, and political scheming, will prevent China from controlling East Asia in the near future. At the same time, the region's stability is very much dependent on China's response to Taiwan and North Korea.

Newsweek
Newsweek's cover profiles Jack Welch, General Electric's former CEO. Several years ago, scandal swirled around Welch: He published a poorly received memoir and had an affair with the Harvard Business Review's Suzy Wetlaufer. Now the couple has published Winning, a "comprehensive instruction manual for corporate climbers" that the article calls "smart, practical and not afraid to address tough subjects."

New York Magazine, March 28
Ben Stiller is profiled as he prepares to open a new drama off Broadway. The 39-year-old actor is found wrestling with the age-old comedian's dilemma of how to be taken seriously as an actor and land the dramatic roles that have eluded him for years. "Apparently, once you've zippered your scrotum, dangled sperm off your ear, been Tasered, faked explosive diarrhea, and filmed yourself in an orgy involving a donkey and a Maori tribesman," writes Logan Hill, "some studios just won't trust you with serious material."

New Music

Vic Chesnutt's Ghetto Bells [review]
Beck's Guero [review]
Hearmusic's Sweetheart compilation [review]
Kathleen Edwards' Back to Me [review]

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