Embro to the ploy…
Sunday’s New York Times travel section has a 36-hour guide to what to do and see in Edinburgh. Unfortunately it’s…
Baltimore-Limerick connections…
This interesting story about jury duty in Baltimore brought to mind that old and favourite line from an Irish judge:…
Flipper Romney stumbles onto truth…
Romney in Iowa: “America is not happy with how the war in Iraq is going, and is angry. But…
Can we please lock up the prosecutors instead?
If you only read one thing today, read this. Then weep. Of course, don’t expect this sort of thing to…
Shambo RIP
It’s official. A nation mourns. Mr Eugenides strikes a mournful, plangent note: Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,Prevent…
James Bond vs. Jason Bourne
Peter Suderman and Isaac Chotiner each highlight an interview with Matt Damon (who is promoting the latest Jason Bourne thrilla,…
Department of Dangerous Books
Does this sorry tale demonstrate a) the dangers of reading, b) the extraordinary idiocy of local government or c) both?…
The Greatest Non-Reader of Them All
As a coda to yesterday’s posts on Not Reading Books, it was remiss of me not to quote the man…
Department of missing the point completely
Good grief. Jonah Goldberg makes this argument: I think, even if broadly accurate, Frank made a mistake in running these…
Shock troops latest:
Much gnashing of teeth in conservative circles over a TNR piece written by a soldier in Iraq that catalogues various…
The School for Scoundrels
On Turkey’s lobbying to prevent Congress recognising the Armenian genocide, TNR’s Mike Crowley notes that people such as Dick Gephardt,…
In which it’s a small, small world…
Heaps and heaps of stuff has been written on the historic/revolutionary/awesome CNN/YouTube debate on Monday night. But what are the…
Shambo to the Slaughter? For shame!
A couple of days ago I mentioned the heart-tugging story of Shambo, the Heroic Hindu Bull in west Wales threatened…
French Pro-Americanism
David Frum is joking, right? I will never take Europeans seriously again (not that I took them so seriously in…
Stephen Potter’s Guide to Reading
Megan links to the now almost famous Not Reading post and recalls a conversation we had: Me: I’ve never read…
Remembrance of Time Wasted
On the subject of not reading books, commenter Jim Barnett has an excellent idea: How about a new category: LR,…
Cheney Derangement Syndrome
This is, perhaps, the funniest thing I’ve read all year. Possibly this century. Reviewing Steve Hayes’ biography of Dick Cheney,…
The unread
Perhaps only a French professor of literature could write a book entitled How to Talk About Books You Have Not…
In case you’re wondering, my childhood pony did help me prepare for 9/11…
Ah, Rudy, is there any limit to your shamelessness? Apparently not. In Iowa, the great ham has this to say:…
Shambo, the Heroic Hindu Bull…
Mr Eugenides, guest-blogging in fine style at Jewcy, fills you in on the sad yet stirring story of Shambo, South…
By Galata Bridge I sat down and fished…
Marginal Revolution’s Alex Tabarrok writes: “On the famous Galata bridge fisherman cast from the top level while outdoor restaurants line…
Three cheers for the Tories. Yes, really.
David Cameron is receiving some grief for zipping off to Rwanda to talk about the Tories’ new policies on global…
Beckham and Azharuddin…
Just recovering from a 21 hour Istanbul-Washington trip (thanks American Airlines), so still catching up with correspondence and the like.…
Friends, eh?
Ah, Facebook… No sooner do I announce that I’m off to Cyprus than this harsh but fair note appears: I…
Yet another hiatus…
I’m afraid blogging is likely to be even lighter than usual this week as I’m going to be in Turkish…
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