Chechnya is a model for countries fighting Islamic rebels--ignore, though, the ongoing violence. Penn: Journalists who call Hugo Chávez a dictator should be jailed. Eight journalists kidnapped in Reynosa, Mexico, in the last two weeks. Mexico's Carlos Slim now ranked the world's wealthiest person. White
Although I have soured on professional sports (because as we all know, money changes everything), my memories of various experiences remain vividly cherished (sitting in the Wrigley Field bleachers as teenager). I was still a fan when Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, Robert Parrish, and Dennis Johnson not only made the
Though I tend to have difficulty in talking with the concision this space requires about story collections—not that you need to know my problems—in some ways that mirrors the difficulties and perils of short-form fiction. Both practitioners and non-practitioners (novelists) alike point out the rigor and
As lightbulbs are to the moon, first stories are to finished books. John Warmer chats with the writer Philip Graham, his former professor, about finding topics, developing mentors, and reaching readers.
Plurality of Americans thinks the U.S. should "mind its own business internationally." U.S. government doesn't actually rank Taliban officials. Sudden acceleration is very often caused by drivers who press the gas pedal when they intend to press the brake. High-powered undergraduates do "
I feel compelled to correct an oversight—a lapse in my steady gaze at the flora and fauna of the current literary terrain. Though some might argue that literature and other parts of life are all taking place in the imminent moment. Attention must be paid to Dave Daley’s
Greek unions to stage second strike and shut down all public services tomorrow. American "La Barbie" fighting for control of Mexico's Beltran Leyva cartel. Instapaper for the commute: The great Charles Bowden flees the biggest cartel of all--the Mexican Army. See also: Wells Tower and
Friedman: Democracy was never going to have a virgin birth in Iraq, which has never known such a thing. Some--but not too much--business takes place in locker-room showers, politicians say. Federalist Society bigwigs protest Liz Cheney's attacks on federal lawyers. Summaries of Uganda, Pakistan, and
Most active thing George W. Bush has done in his post-presidency period is to call on Ulster to accept a deal. Israel announces interest in developing nuclear power, having never admitted being a nuclear power. Big Pharma giants battle for control of Germany's Ratiopharm. Memos show the
Robert Jackson Bennett’s novel Mr. Shivers (Orbit) made its way into the scrum of books that have taken over the room where I sleep. I am not aware of anything previously written by Bennett or what prompted me to procure the book from his publisher. Or, over this past
