Notables from Out-n-About 03/17/2010 (a.m.)

Indiana Jones & the Ants - The New York Review of Books

In her review of Harvard entomologist E.O. Wilson's first novel, Anthill, in the April 8 issue of The New York Review, Margaret Atwood encourages anyone interested in ants to "take a look at the daring eco-adventurer Mark Moffett's spectacular new ant book, Adventures Among Ants." Moffett--who studied evolutionary biology under Wilson--has been tracking ants for decades; his research has taken him all over the world, including as a photographer for National Geographic magazine, earning him the nickname "the Indiana Jones of entomology." These photographs come from his book, which will be published by University of California Press in May.

Ezra Klein - Everything David Brooks says about reconciliation is wrong

• Jon Chait did a very funny job taking apart David Brooks's column on reconciliation. I want to do a serious job on it. The factual statements Brooks uses in his argument are wrong. Not arguable, or questionable, or suspicious. Wrong. And since everything else flows from those wrong facts, the rest of the column can't be taken seriously.