In this issue (Modem and Taboo), Thomas Frank takes us on a tour of the businessman’s republic, while David Graeber leads us into the hearts and minds of the revolutionary opposition. Chris Bray tracks down General David Petraeus and his wandering PhD. Evgeny Morozov takes apart the influential “crazy talk” of Silicon Valley publisher Tim O’Reilly. And Anne Elizabeth Moore explores the hidden assumptions behind Nicholas Kristof’s bid to rescue the women of the world, who have nothing to lose but their market potential. Baffler 22 contains our usual dazzling array of poetry, fiction, and satiric illustration. All this, plus Heather Havrilesky on Fifty Shades of Grey, Hussein Ibish on the Marquis de Sade, Christian Lorentzen on the British pop-star-cum-pedophiliac Jimmy Savile, and Jorian Polis Schutz surveys the state of Yoga in America. Subscribe now, and learn why Slavoj Žižek thinks hard-core pornography is the most censored of all film genres. Table of Contents Philosophical Intelligence Office Negative Capability John Summers Camera Shy, Blah, Blah, Blah Slavoj Žižek A Beauty Dmitry Gorchev Daniel's Dictionary Daniel Aaron Hope is a Kiss Peter Kayafas Politics To Galt's Gulch They Go Thomas Frank A Practical Utopian's Guide to the Coming Collapse David Graeber Culture The State of Stretching: Yoga in America Jorian Polis Schutz Modem and Taboo Passions of the Meritocracy: General David Petraeus and his wandering PhD Chris Bray Marketpiece Theater: Nicholas Kristof and Milton Friedman rescue the world Anne Elizabeth Moore The Meme Hustler: Tim O’Reilly’s crazy talk Evgeny Morozov Fifty Shades of Late Capitalism Heather Havrilesky Predator Drone: Jimmy Savile will see you now Christian Lorentzen United Sades of America Hussein Ibish Poems Diaspora: Breakfast with Mahmoud Darwish Kristina Robinson Taverna Manohar Shetty Grim Sleeper Terese Svoboda Underground John Keene Di$claimer Amy Gerstler Accounting for the Damage Jocelyn Burrell Inside the House Cathy Park Long Sphinx Infinitives Tyrone Williams The Robots Are Coming Kyle Gargan Stories The Agony of Leaves Mahesh Rao Up in Birdland Monica Hileman Ancestors Jean-Arthur Rimbaud: For his 100th birthday Thomas Bernhard Graphic Art Brad Holland Mark Dancey Steve Brodner