Interesting Reading in the Interweb Tubez
- Trump’s Lies (“Sometimes, Trump can’t even keep his untruths straight.”)
- The Dark Rigidity of Fundamentalist Rural America (“…rural Americans don’t understand the causes of their own situations and fears and they have shown no interest in finding out.”)
Legal Question of the Week
- How can New York have hundreds of judges without law degrees?
You’re Pissing Me Off
- The TSA is considering making people remove reading material from carry-on luggage when going through security
Bookish Linkage
- Here’s some great ideas if the TSA does require removing books from carry-ons
- My Cousin Vinny, one of my favorite movies, has returned with a sequel in book form
- Not too surprisingly, South Dakota is a book desert, of which there are far too many
- Warren Zevon‘s book collection is for sale
- When to get rid of books
- How to create a book collection
- Bookish Lists: 24 breakthrough books of 2017; 10 pot-related books (but how could they omit A Child’s Garden of Grass, now with a reloaded edition); 13 books about reading; a TED Talks summer reading list
Nonbookish Linkage
- Where are America’s public intellectuals?
- The search for ecstasy
- An Atlas for the End of the World
- Who owns your online accounts when you die?
A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.
Edward Abbey, A Voice Crying in the Wilderness
