Robin Wilson,"Conservatives Just Aren't Into Academe, Study Finds," CHE, 22 February (free link to non-subscribers), features the empirical research of Matthew Woessner and April Kelly-Woessner. Honest discussion of the scarcity of conservatives in the academy will have to take account of their findings. (Not that one expects honest discussion with David Horowitz, of course.) John Carter Wood,"Give Them What They (Say They Don't) Want," Obscene Desserts, 19 February, comments on the article and the Woessners' findings.

William Grimes,"Separating the Mythology From the Raw Politics of a Senate Campaign," NYT, 20 February, reviews Allen Guelzo's Lincoln and Douglas: The Debates That Defined America.

Adam Kirsch,"Arabian Knights," NY Sun, 20 February, reviews James Barr's Setting the Desert on Fire: T. E. Lawrence and Britain's Secret War in Arabia, 1916-1918.

Darryl Pinckney's"Dreams from Obama," NYRB, 6 March, reviews Shelby Steele's A Bound Man: Why We Are Excited About Obama and Why He Can't Win. Thanks to Manan Ahmed for the tip.

Finally, our colleague, Manan Ahmed, appears on Chicago Public Radio's Worldview to comment on developments after Pakistan's recent national elections; Reihan Salam makes the case that, after Andrew Sullivan, our colleague, Daniel Larison, is America's Greatest Political Blogger; and congratulations to our colleague, Chris Bray, whose daughter, Madeline Eloise Cherkis-Bray, arrived early, on February 18 at 10:27 p.m., weighing 5 lbs. 11 ounces.