David Kirby (The House on Boulevard St.: New and Selected Poems), who is a poet by profession (as in calling, not career), put together an extended hagiographic essay on the life of one Richard Wayne Penniman, Little Richard: The Birth of Rock ‘n’ Roll (CONTINUUM BOOKS)—Richard, a favorite son
North Koreans face death to smuggle out information via cell phones. Rome is under siege--notes on the Pope's and Berlusconi's taste in barriers. Harrowing account of the life and death of the Los Angeles Times's Mike Penner/Christine Daniels. Overview of the premium-
Video from inside Moscow's Lubyanka station after suicide attack. You can bomb facilities, but you can't bomb knowledge. Lucid summary of a simulation where Israel strikes Iran. Lure of adventure, not religion, motivates new wave of jihadists. Imelda Marcos is back, "with a vengeance,"
Arguably there are two sure-fire subjects that will get you a book contract: the current (everlasting) educational crisis and depression. And if you are a discerning reader (which, for the purposes of this small discussion, is one who is not enthralled by self-helping snake oil hucksters) interested in
James Hynes (Kings of Infinite Space) is another on a long list of novelists who I have been meaning to read based on excellent and well-rendered notices and a scanning of his occasional journalism. Which give good evidence of a keen intelligence, bristling originality, and a mordant (the best
Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. This week, we do absolutely nothing to assist a reader while coining a new phrase.
F.B.I. investigates threats against Democrats who voted for health care reform. Activist to transform Maldives atoll into "Democracy Island," a camp to learn nonviolent political change. Economist's assessment of health care reform: coverage to be expanded dramatically, but at a heavy cost to the
Reporters say Obama's bipartisan summit was deceptive, a red herring, a brilliant tactic. Q&A about Madrid's psychology emergency response team. You either believe that six million Jews died in the Holocaust or you don't. Q&A with leader of the U.
Accountability in education is here to stay—but you try creating tests that equally suit Texans and Hawaiians.
These days geography has devolved to a chauvinism and regional rivalry not quite as virulent as evidenced in the Balkans and former Yugoslavia. Much of this can be laid at the feet of New York City—that cesspool of ambition, striving, and air-kissing. Who coined that slander on the
