Book Digest: July 23, 2007
Apollo’s Song; McSweeney’s No. 22; Mr. Pip; Comedy by the Numbers; The Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink; Leviathan; The Abandonment of the Jews; From Guilt to Shame; Blood of Paradise; KOP; The Edge of Evolution
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Running the Numbers
Chris Jordan takes reports of large-scale waste and consumption out of the realm of statistics and places them squarely in front of our faces.
23 July 2007: Morning
Turkey's ruling party wins broad victory against secularists, claims mandate to pursue Islamic agenda. Thousands stranded after this weekend's devastating U.K. floods. Japan blurs difference between defensive and offensive military build-up despite pacifistic Constitution. Earthquake sets Japan back to 2147. Today's long
20 July 2007: Afternoon
Pakistan's Supreme Court reinstates its chief justice, declaring illegal Musharraf's earlier dismissal of him. Geologist opines the vast underground lake that many hoped could end the Darfur conflict likely dried up at least 5,000 years ago. The campsite had already taken on a pungent aroma
20 July 2007: Morning
In an act of support to Abbas, Israel frees more than 250 Palestinians from prisons. Well-armed N.H. couple that stopped paying taxes in 1996 and lives in a solar-powered compound is now in a standoff with authorities. The mysterious Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri, who is Al
Cat Heathens
Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. This week we help a reader decide whether she should send her antisocial, over-meowing feline to the big litter box in the sky.
Video Digest: July 20, 2007
The beauty of bugs when compared to man: Leafcutter ants use antibiotics; Rhinoceros beetles lift weights; Ugly moths frighten poor Meave; Bees break hearts; Christmas for the insects.
19 July 2007: Afternoon
Al-Sadr adopting Hezbollah and Hamas tactics: creating "entwined social and military wings that serve as a parallel government." YouTube gets in on the presidential debate action, with 1,300 users already posting questions. British Parliament looks to suspend politician extensively involved in Iraqi oil funds scandal. "
Web Noir
When writing for online magazines, crime doesn’t always pay—but it can earn you a fashionable T-shirt. Investigating the current era of crime fiction on the web and the magazines that are making new voices heard.
19 July 2007: Morning
Midtown steampipe explosion kills one in Manhattan, injures 30 (video, photos, comments). Buried hazards in the city: aging pipes, asbestos contamination. Study finds 85 percent of men who look at porn depicting children also molest them. Mexican migrants carry H.I.V. home to rural hamlets ill-prepared to handle