The Art Newspaper:
How long will Auschwitz survive? “Four years ago a disco was set up in a building nearly a mile from the camp, but which had once been used for storage of prisoners’ possessions, including human hair. Although the Oswiecim municipality gave initial approval for the disco, it was subsequently closed down after international protests.”
Chronicle of Higher Ed:
Lawrence and Alex’s Great Publishing Adventure. “Stealthily we moved these copies to the head of the “New and Noteworthy” table. (To make room, we cleverly stashed the new Ann Coulter in the “Pets and Domestic Animals” section.)”
The Economist:
The older rock ‘n’ roll acts are beginning to lose copyright protection on their songs.
Photodude
comments on the concept of the NY Times retreating behind a subscription wall.
Blackfeminism.org
has been up for a while, but I just saw it in my referrers. Added to my blogroll.
New Humanist:
Intellectual Treason. “... this misguided attack on the Enlightenment has only aided the growth of pseudoscience, superstitions and tribalism.” A refreshingly different take on science and religion, something outside our Western culture. Worthy read.
Philly Inquirer:
Letting the ‘crazy artist’ come out of the attic. In my personal experience, the best artists burn with their creativity; it is like breath. One must do it regularly, intensely ... or die.
NY Times Editorial:
For the record on Social Security. We’re getting “Iraq’d”, again.
NY Times:
NY Times:
I agree. I don’t see this with a Confederate flag on top jumping police cars.
NY Times:
Does Apple plan a low-cost Mac?
CNN
wakes up to the fact that plate tectonics never stopped.
Digital Journalist:
It just feels different. A photojournalist’s introspection, in tsunami devastation.
Counterpoint: TV scrambles for glory.
Telegraph.UK:
Joyfully surfing the waves of confusion. A critique of Eco. I sailed through “Foucault’s Pendulum,” and other books ... but *still* haven’t completely muddled my way through “The Island of the Day Before.” I see “Baudolino” is at the library ...
Washington Post:
Bared in Boston. “The idea is to beat the Harvard students who last year published a campus sex magazine called H Bomb with references to Freud, French structuralism and Lacanian psychoanalysis, along with skin shots such as a naked guy in an Einstein wig.”
But virtue, as it never will be moved,
Though lewdness court it in a shape of heaven,
So [lust], though to a radiant angel link’d,
Will [sate] itself in a celestial bed
And prey on garbage.
&emdash; Shakespeare, Hamlet.
Telegraph.UK:
Why painting is back in the frame.
NY Times:
Malpractice mythology. Everyone’s got an iron in this fire. The GAO laid it on the line a while ago. We need to understand the middleman, the insurance company, before we go burning witches.
NY Times Editorial:
Exit, snarling. I’m not so hopeful, but I agree it’s a good first step. The last comment’s the best, and why I read primary sources rather than other webloggers for hard news.
NY Times:
Toxic breast milk? You smell the smell in clothing stores in the mall; flame retardants. The first thing to do with new infant clothes is wash ‘em in hot water and get the damned stuff off.
NY Times:
No Picture Tells the Truth. The Best Do Better Than That. After years of Hollywood movies, and shows like “CSI”, I’m somewhat surprised that there was blowback enough to warrant this article.
SF New Mexican:
Snow and rain eases some New Mexico drought conditions. We may pull back from the ‘extreme’ descriptor.
SF New Mexican:
Public TV station pulls show questioning evolutionary theory. Natural selection, at work?
SF New Mexican:
“Trading Spaces” auditioned homeowners in Albuquerque. If they end up in Santa Fe, there’s not much $1K will buy without a *ton* of connections and driving about.
SI.com:
Paul Newman uninjured in car fire at Daytona. 79 years old, and still pushing the envelope ... there’s inspiration for you.
CNN:
President Gingrich?! Stop the world, I want to get off.
