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9 April 2010: Weekend
Kyrgyzstan's uprising dubbed the "fir tree revolution" after shrubs looted from the president's garden. Evidence of Russian meddling in Kyrgyzstan is not hard to find. How to pronounce Kyrgyzstan. Netanyahu cancels visit to Obama's summit over fears that Muslim states would press
The Supremes
Even avid students of American governance and civic-minded people may fall a little short in their understanding of the least accessible branch of the United States national government—I am referring to the Supreme Court, occasionally referred to by various commentators as the Supremes. That understanding is not advanced
8 April 2010: Morning
Internal emails show Toyota executives arguing whether to disclose acceleration problems five days before a recall. Since Katrina, the population size of New Orleans has been up for speculation; this year's census may result in a political power shift. Tories reject compulsory sex education that threatens "the
About Time
Britain’s national superhero has alternately worn a scarf, a leather jacket, and lots of question marks. No longer.
8 April 2010: Afternoon
Arab art market ruled by women from behind the scenes. Long-read: Krugman tallies the costs of green action, inaction, and "the nonnegligible probability of utter disaster." One in 10 underground U.S. mines meet federal communication requirements. Timeline after Virginia governor omits slavery from Confederate History Month.
Russian Haiku
Not to worry, I am not going to go crazy on this poetry thing (I don’t think). But I couldn’t get past Russian-born Vera Pavlova’s slender volume, If There Is Something to Desire: One Hundred Poems (Knopf; reportedly her first full-length volume in English), translated
No Blog Is an Island
After a friend comments on the antisocial nature of this blog, The Golem ruminates on the true purpose of blogging, and whether “first” is more meaningful than previously thought.
7 April 2010: Morning
How reading on an iPhone makes books a newfound pleasure for many dyslexics. A cheerleading team (average age: 66) dances on Tokyo's streets to inspire others. An account of the tryouts for the L.A. Sparks' over-40 cheerleading squad. Teach for America recruits uncertain college grads.
National Welding Month
The fact that April is designated National Poetry Month (by what governing body escapes me, though I would not be surprised to learn that the pack of scoundrels in our Congress had lent their sketchy imprimatur to it) might have some meaning if it were not competing with National Stress