Obsessed: Bookshelves, The Obamas, and Kid Sister
By Bradley Portnoy - Nov 14th, 2008 at 6:30 pmBooks At Home. I need more bookshelves.
- Diana Jou
The Obama family behind the scenes at the DNC. We now have a president-elect who…
Posts Tagged ‘books’
Make it Stop
By Matt Zeitlin - Nov 13th, 2008 at 2:28 pmJoe the Plumber has a website now. Does John McCain get a cut from all the earnings this incredibly average, slightly annoying guy gets from…
Boox
By Daniel Strauss - Nov 13th, 2008 at 12:57 pmI would be remiss not to mention my former boss Ben Greenman’s latest literary project (you have to click on the “books” link), the boox.…
I’d Throw in a Vote for Some John Rawls
By Jesse Singal - Nov 5th, 2008 at 3:57 pmInside Higher Ed’s Scott McLemee emailed the following to a bunch of academic types over the last few days:
Imagine you are invited to a…
Michael Crichton Dead at 66
By Jesse Singal - Nov 5th, 2008 at 2:06 pmAP:
NEW YORK—Michael Crichton, the million-selling author of such historic and prehistoric science thrillers as “Jurassic Park,” “Timeline” and “The Andromeda Strain,” has died of…
Van Jones Wants Us to Build a Green Economy
By Kay Steiger - Nov 3rd, 2008 at 4:15 pmToday over at Campus Progress, Cameron Cook reviews Van Jones’ new book, The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems.…
First God, Then Harry Potter
By Jamelle Bouie - Oct 30th, 2008 at 11:08 amRichard Dawkins is none too pleased with the Harry Potter series:
The prominent atheist is stepping down from his post at Oxford University to write…
Are We Still Living in Nixonland?
By Kay Steiger - Oct 20th, 2008 at 5:30 pmEthan Porter, an associate editor at Democracy: A Journal of Ideas , wrote a review of Rick Perlstein’s Nixonland over at Campus Progress today. Porter…
Teenage Boy Incarcerated for Writing About Interests of Teenage Boys
By Ned Resnikoff - Oct 17th, 2008 at 2:22 pmVia Boing Boing, this is about as disturbing as an actual zombie attack:
Poole told LEX 18 that the whole incident is a big misunderstanding.…
Happy Banned Books Week!
By Emily Rutherford - Sep 29th, 2008 at 2:25 pmThis Monday marks the start of Banned Books Week, the American Library Association’s annual celebration of our freedom as Americans to read any book, even…
In This Version, the Whale Fights Osama
By Jesse Singal - Sep 24th, 2008 at 4:38 pmIf you have an English teacher or professor you didn’t get along with and want to make his or her head explode, send along a…
Remembering David Foster Wallace
By Rob Anderson - Sep 16th, 2008 at 9:52 amSome highlights from the best obits:
Sam Anderson in New York Magazine:
What makes Wallace’s death exponentially sadder is that the bedrock of his work…
Campus Beat: Power Outages, Subterranean Tunnels, and Banned Books
By Emily Rutherford - Sep 8th, 2008 at 10:08 amWell, I finally started my freshman year of college this past weekend, and it’s been a surreal experience. Now I almost feel like I can…
Some Friday Reading
By Jesse Singal - Sep 5th, 2008 at 3:07 pmI found this short graphic story via reddit, and it’s wonderful. Definitely worth the five minutes it takes to read.
(Oh, and if LiveJournal tells…
Why We Need to Be Able to Bash Religion
By Jesse Singal - Aug 18th, 2008 at 12:09 pmI meant to blog about this last week but didn’t have a chance. Everyone should read Johann Hari’s piece in last Thursday’s Independent. Hari starts…
