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This could scarcely be more awesome: book2
Dec 1st
via Kottke, one of the best book covers of 2008
Dec 1st
“Will this book change anyone’s mind? In particular,...”
— Christian Smith back in 2006
— Christian Smith back in 2006
Dec 1st
“But what about a site’s physical appearance? Does the...”
— Kottke
— Kottke
Dec 1st
ain't got time for that, part II (by me)
Dec 1st
ain't got time for that (by me)
Dec 1st
“There was a nasty moment, in the previous film, when Craig,...”
— Anthony Lane on the new Bond
— Anthony Lane on the new Bond
Dec 1st
Dec 1st
“The organizers of an annual festival devoted to the 1939...”
— NYT
— NYT
Dec 1st
“I’ve often thought about myself as a character in the...”
— Monadology
— Monadology
Nov 29th
“When it comes to the heart of the matter, what Zizek wants...”
— Adam Kirsch, in TNR (link will...
— Adam Kirsch, in TNR (link will...
Nov 29th
“Just last winter, gas at $4 a gallon was said to represent a...”
— Gregg Easterbrook
— Gregg Easterbrook
Nov 27th
“Some months before the election, I received a request from a...”
— Tunku Varadarajan in Forbes
— Tunku Varadarajan in Forbes
Nov 25th
Hasidic kids on the football courts of Jerusalem: story here
Nov 25th
Nov 24th
“The House of Books Has No Windows,” by Janet...
Nov 24th
When Barry Met Sally
Nov 24th
Dmitri Kessel, folk dancing in the Pyrenees, 1952
Nov 24th
“The Black Death of 1348 was only the most notorious epidemic...”
— Peter Ackroyd
— Peter Ackroyd
Nov 24th
“But how do those who are ready to live in this modern world...”
— Andrew Sullivan
— Andrew Sullivan
Nov 23rd
“The more Bertoni improved upon Netflix, the harder it became...”
— NYT
— NYT
Nov 23rd
Margaret Bourke-White, Russia 1941
Nov 23rd
Abelardo Morrell, Mound of Brown Polished Diamonds: $146,000...
Nov 22nd
“PHILADELPHIA — Wyeth Pharmaceuticals unveiled a new...”
— AFNS
— AFNS
Nov 21st
“Cheating at video games was a hobby [for Virgil Griffith]...”
— NYT
— NYT
Nov 21st
“There is nothing inherently unethical or immoral about a...”
— Joe Queenan
— Joe Queenan
Nov 20th
“We may divide religions, as we do soups, into ‘thick’ and...”
— C. S. Lewis, “Christian...
— C. S. Lewis, “Christian...
Nov 20th
from the same group of photos as below, Alfred Eisenstadt...
Nov 20th
pegobry:
Wide range of facial expressions on children at...
Nov 19th
“Critical thinking” is a form of intentional deracination and...”
— Patrick Deneen
— Patrick Deneen
Nov 19th
Nov 19th
Beautiful new designs for Penguin hardcover classics by...
Nov 19th
Photo by Margaret Bourke-White, from the vast Life magazine...
Nov 18th
Nov 17th
The usual magnificence from The Big Picture, this time of...
Nov 17th
“Earlier this year, I published an article in City Journal...”
— Kay S. Hymowitz
— Kay S. Hymowitz
Nov 17th
“In her fascinating book about memory loss and the efforts of...”
— NYRB
— NYRB
Nov 16th
Maria Alm, by Norbert Maier
Nov 14th
“It is understandable that citizens who are religious—which...”
— Father Neuhaus
— Father Neuhaus
Nov 14th
“When the student goes off to college, overparenting need not...”
— Joan Acocella
— Joan Acocella
Nov 14th
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BURN•E (video taken down, now — as I write anyway — available here)
Nov 13th
Beautiful new five-euro coin from the Netherlands (via...
Nov 12th
“Les Murray, “The Say-But-the-Word Centurion Attempts a...”
Nov 12th
pegobry:
tommaso:
A Very Brief History of Micro-Media
Nov 11th
“There was a man of double deed,
Who sowed his garden full...”
— see Robert Pinsky’s...
— see Robert Pinsky’s...
Nov 11th
“There is an element of the “wannabe” about all...”
— Hitchens
— Hitchens
Nov 10th
“The Rt Hon Lord Igor Judge of Draycote oversees the English...”
— via Ars Technica, and yes, he...
— via Ars Technica, and yes, he...
Nov 9th
“Many of us black professionals, members of the black elite,...”
— Gerald Early
— Gerald Early
Nov 9th
“The assertion and expansion of presidential power is...”
— Jonathan Mahler in the NYT....
— Jonathan Mahler in the NYT....
Nov 9th
more Aitchison
Nov 9th
Craigie Aitchison, Cypress Tree, Montecastelli (Screenprint,...
Nov 9th
Nov 8th
“Of course, it is true that white America has made great...”
— Shelby Steele
— Shelby Steele
Nov 7th
“The writer cannot afford to question his own essential...”
— Randall Jarrell
— Randall Jarrell
Nov 7th
In the Garden
Nov 7th
“BLACK MAN GIVEN NATION’S WORST JOB
...”
— oh, like you don’t know
— oh, like you don’t know
Nov 5th
Chicago
Nov 5th
Tampa, Florida
Nov 5th
President-Elect Obama’s relatives in Kenya
Nov 5th
Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta
Nov 5th
Carolyn Hinkgaines, 61, of Chicago
Nov 5th
“I have been writing about the 2008 election since December...”
— John Podhoretz
— John Podhoretz
Nov 5th
“My experience in medical practice has taught me that almost...”
— Theodore Dalrymple
— Theodore Dalrymple
Nov 5th
Nov 5th
Nov 5th
some results of the Guardian’s contest to redesign the...
Nov 5th
davidjphooker:
Jonathan Callan - The EU - Artwork details...
Nov 5th
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Nov 4th
sunt lachrimae rerum
Nov 4th
“Of all the arts, literature has suffered the greatest...”
— Jonathan Jones in the Guardian
— Jonathan Jones in the Guardian
Nov 4th
“The city of Modena is home to Modena F.C., the football club...”
— Brian at The Run of Play
— Brian at The Run of Play
Nov 4th
“Two fundamental, timeless lessons emerge from the whole...”
— David Kynaston, author of...
— David Kynaston, author of...
Nov 4th
“In their concluding chapter, the authors summarize their...”
— Ron Sider, in Books &...
— Ron Sider, in Books &...
Nov 4th