Serving Someone
Even a being formed out of clay a thousand years ago has to make a living in today’s world. The Golem returns, and reveals an array of especially odd jobs.
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What is your favorite patio beverage?
With the recent springlike weather, we are spending as much time as possible on terraces, and we can only hope your weekends also involve porches, decks, patios, and the lovely, cold beverages to go along with them. Spring has sprung (with any luck), and this month’s Of Recent Note
Another National Treasure
Another phrase I am hearing bandied about with some frequency is “national treasure”—I was just listening to Alison Krauss introduce the Fairfield Four as such, and recently Viking Press’s Paul Slovak referred to Rebecca Solnit as a national treasure. So before the phrase becomes a cliché, let me
22 March 2010: Afternoon
Haiti struggles to find 40,000 dwellings for 200,000 people currently in flood- or mudslide-prone areas. Israelis want Stanley Tunick to come shoot them naked; labour minister Noked gives his support. AIPAC leader: "Jerusalem is not a settlement. Jerusalem is the capital of Israel." If the
22 March 2010: Morning
The "Civil Rights Act of the 21st century" passes in the House; Senate Republicans focus on future repeal. "Welcome one and all to the Hundred Years War of Health Policy!" There on the House balcony, the GOP lawmakers' legislative dissent and the tea-party protest
New McPhee
The phrase “must read” seems to have afflicted the literary critical machinery—which, if it is a barrier to the usual chirpy prose and even worse smarmy pronouncements, may be a tolerable symptom. In the case of New Yorker writer John McPhee (whose writing career began there in 1964), it
19 March 2010: Weekend
Quartet of diplomats wants Israeli-Palestinian talks resumed, new Palestinian state in 24 months. Thursday night, Netanyahu offered Clinton "a 'don't ask, don't tell' policy for settlements." Op: Moment of truth for American Jews: For the good of both countries, AIPAC has
Go Climb a Tree
When all you want is get away from it all, just grab a branch, hoist yourself up, and leave your troubles below.
Manguel on Reading
To tell the truth, I find many books on reading far too precious. I mean why do I want to read about reading when I can just read?—which I have been doing with gusto most of my life (except for a brief caesura to partake in the exuberance of
18 March 2010: Afternoon
Thai Prime Minister says he'll talk with protesters if they stop throwing blood. E.U.'s new foreign policy chief, Baroness Ashton, visits Gaza. Op: The only way Israeli liberals can mount an offensive is if America keeps applying heat. All but one of the missionary-taken