If you’re looking for material for your periodical review here are a few ideas. I’ve recently read and liked the following:

• Get past the photo of the Jonahs Brothers on the cover and find Matt Taibbi’s article in Rolling Stone about the history of Goldman Sachs and financial bubbles. I know, it sounds dreary but it’s really good. Read it if you want to be angry about where your bailout money is going.

• Last Sunday’s New York Times, Week In Review section has excellent pieces on Micheal Jackson and Farah Fawcett (sounds like those belong in Rolling Stone) as well as Nicholas Kristof’s piece on innovating and inventing our way out of the recession.

• If you read the rest of the Times I have no doubt that you’ll want to do everything you can to change the world. The last issue of Harpers is all bout that.

• The first president most of you remember is Bill Clinton. He wrote a piece in Time magazine about FDR.

I want to emphasize that these are just ideas, not even suggestions. You should find articles that interest you and read those.

Peace,

RK