Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I've tasted of desire, I hold with those who favor fire A new issue of The New York Review of Books is out
Art of Living & Literature Across Frontiers: Go Directly to Jail
You're an honest businessperson with a strong moral compass. You don't cheat on your taxes, or your spouse. You regularly consult with your attorney to ensure that you're complying with the myriad regulations governing your business. You even go the extra mile, talking with children at "Junior Achievement" programs about how to achieve success. The possibility of a criminal prosecution is the last thing on your mind. "The government only goes after real criminals," you think to yourself.
• Go Directly to Jail: The Criminalization of Almost Everything [Like Dickens, he had a poor lower-middle-class youth, mediocre education, and talent and energy to overcome it all Revenge of the wage-slave: HG Wells's funniest book ; E.E. Cummings loved the bars and brothels of Boston, where as a young man he might roam freely. Hedgehogs, Foxes, Dragons: The Rebellion of E.E. Cummings]
• · ABC Tales Robust Reading ; Commodities from silk to sugar to tulips have inspired greed and irrationality, and given us dazzling creativity The Fabric of Our Lives
• · · The Public Interest will cease publication next month40 Years of Character ; Certain that the answers lie in the manuscript that Cleo has entrusted her with, Morgan delves into the private confessions of a woman paid to act out the sexual fantasies of some of the city's most powerful men Author's Blog: M.J. Rose - Buzz, Balls & Hype
• · · · Czeching out a new iPod now applies to more than shopping trips or web browsing Library Shuffles Its Collection; Urs Hoelzle, Google vice president of operations and vice president of engineering, offered a rare behind-the-scenes tour of Google's architecture. The key to the speed and reliability of Google search is cutting up data into chunks, its top engineer said Peeking Into Google
• · · · · Mark Lucovsky is at Google now
• · · · · · In the once landscaped grounds of Overtoun House - a country mansion built in 1863 with ornate religious symbolism and the words Fear God and keep His commandments carved into its walls - the bridge is fast becoming known as rover's leap. Spate of canine 'suicides' from bridge baffles animal experts