Hindutvaism: Nalini Taneja's"A Saffron Assault Abroad," Hindunnet, n.d., looks at resistance by historians and other scholars to the Hindu Right's efforts to rewrite California's textbooks on India and Hinduism.

Googlism: John Lancaster's"The Global ID," London Review of Books, 26 January, reviews two new books about Google.

McCarthyism: David Bernstein and Eric Muller mix it up over what new there is to learn about"the McCarthy era."

Backing Downism:
1) Faced with the possibility of legal action, Brother Andrew Jones has backed out of his offer of money for tapes and notes from professor's classes at UCLA.
2) Faced with ripples, University of Florida officials may not need to know whether you're having sex with your partner.