Travels With My Aunt
During the Great Arab Revolt in 1937, as British rule in Palestine was attacked and mass Jewish immigration continued, Pearl Chertok voyaged abroad with her camera.
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November 14, 2011: Morning
* Rate of increase in new HIV cases in Greece predicted to rise to 60 percent by the end of 2011. * Dallas Symphony, going Euro, to be bankrupt within 90 days. * France demands to know why S&P sent out an (erroneous) email downgrading its credit rating. * Romans spontaneously cheer
November 12, 2011: Weekend
* Syria suspended from Arab League and sanctioned, but international intervention is unlikely. * While Italian and Greek PMs have resigned, French politics could be transformed. * Director of French state energy company jailed for three years for spying on Greenpeace's anti-nuclear campaign. * In wider French hacking trial, cyclist Landis
November 11, 2011: Afternoon
* One in eight veterans is unemployed; nine in 10 vets who served recently have been thanked for their service. * Veteran's Day Poem: "Facing It" by Yusef Komunyakaa. * For 11/11/11, 11 songs to turn to 11. * Fifty photos that brought home the war. * Official posters
The Breakdown
New York cyclists are a tribe. Within any tribe, there are distinctions. We parse our smallest differences and look down on one another, even as we look down on everyone else.
November 11, 2011: Morning
* Italian senate adopts austerity package, preparing for Berlusconi's resignation. * Number of American catfish and goats to be unknown this year. * Little-known facts about America's nuclear arsenal—e.g., we're spending more than we did during the Cold War. * A vote for Putin is
This Is Not a George Plimpton Interview
Every artist deals with critics differently—Richard Ford spitting on Colson Whitehead, for example. But the rule is to avoid direct contact. Not for John Warner, debut novelist, who decided to seek out the man behind his worst review.
November 10, 2011: Afternoon
* Former European Central Bank vice-president named as Greece's new prime minister. * Daniel Radosh gets wish: Bill Keane, "Family Circus" cartoonist, now dead. * Fake passport made for Adolf Hitler by the Special Operations Executive. * Teenagers dressed as angels visit crime scenes in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico'
Bunga Bunga Boing
Having followed the Eurozone crisis from up close for so many months, I long ago gave up seeking day-to-day gains. That made the news of Berlusconi’s plans to resign—or at least not contest the next election—a nice surprise, but little more than that. After all,
Welcome to the Jungle
The view from California.