Freedom from the Free Press

“A sense of humor is the best indicator that you will recover; it is often the best indicator that people will love you. Sustain that and you have hope.”
― Andrew Solomon

The sometime-Nobel-predicting (Jelinek in 2004 and Pinter in 2005) Franz Kafka Prize has announced its 2019 winner and it is ... Pierre Michon. 
       Quite a few of his works have been translated into English -- recently from Yale University Press and Archipelago. 
       Michon also has the distinction of being the only author with a book rated "F" at the complete review: Rimbaud the Son.... 

Czech government survives no-confidence vote

via  Jan Lopatka

On Sunday, more than a quarter of a million people demanded that Babis quit at the biggest public protest since the end of communist rule.

People believe that individuals who can regulate their emotions are more competent than those who cannot - Levine


The Jobs where liars excel BBC

NY Times admits it sends stories to US government for approval before publicationGrayzone 

I Shouldn’t Have to Publish This in The New York Times New York Times 

Forget China – it’s America’s own economic system that’s broken Guardian 

Direct Primary Care Clinic In Sartell Cuts Out The Middle Man CBS Minnesota

Ex-chair of FCC broadband committee gets five years in prison for fraud ars technica