Interesting Reading in the Interweb Tubez
- Junkie Running Dry (“Some people simply cannot handle the fact that Donald Trump was elected president. One of those people is Donald Trump.”)
Legal Idiocy of the Week
- A Kenyan lawyer is — for the third time no less — suing Israel, Italy, and long dead historical figures for unlawfully trying and crucifying Jesus Christ
Blog Headline of the Week
Bookish Linkage
- Common sense prevails: the TSA has abandoned a pilot program in which some passengers were asked to remove books from their carry-on luggage during screening
- Used Kindle v. trashy paperback
- Bookish Lists: 100 American historical fiction books; the shortlist for this year’s Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title
Nonbookish Linkage
- Do we need to child-proof the presidency?
- Or is Trump the first postmodern president?
- Study suggests that fact-checking “fake news” is a waste of resources
- Miles Davis and modal jazz
- It’s the 70th anniversary of the sacred shrine for UFO enthusiasts
No art says “I want to live” better or more forcefully than jazz.
Stanley Crouch, Kansas City Lightning:
The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker
