* In Harper's, American military thinkers discuss how to pull off a coup d'etat. Lucky us! It Couldn't Happen Here^TM. The American People Would Never Stand For It^TM. Right.

* Haruki Murakami is worried about a rise in Japanese nationalism, which will be the subject of his next book.

* Salon gives big ups to the home of PCEgan and Casey in a short piece on the literary representation of Brooklyn, NY.

* And, reviewed in the Washington Post, Harry R. Lewis's new book argues that Harvard sucks.