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I’m always cautious when a young writer is proclaimed as the next great thing. That’s the kind of press Uzodinma Iweala has been getting with his debut novel, Beasts of No Nation. While I’m still not ready to join the adulation forces, the book is undoubtedly a worthwhile read. Beasts of No Nation tells the […] Although I haven’t checked extensively, so far one of the better analyses of the Padilla indictment I’ve seen in the blogosphere is at Discourse.net. From Tuesday’s WaPo (registration required…or BugMeNot): The Library of Congress is launching a campaign today to create the World Digital Library, an online collection of rare books, manuscripts, maps, posters, […] Somehow, somewhere America’s version of giving thanks became stuffing ourselves with food and then collapsing into an easy chair to watch football. Sharman Apt Russell’s Hunger: An Unnatural History provides an excellent counterpoint to that mindset. Before you start backing away, this isn’t book about famine in the third world (although that is unquestionably part […] A few items of interest as I get caught up on periodicals and being away from my newsreader for a few days. The Atlantic is quickly becoming one of my favorite magazines. Just the first several pages of this month’s issue (not the cover story or the features) includes: an excellent column on how the […] It’s been there since Bush took office. We’ve seen some of its virulence in the last couple days with the attacks on Congressman John Murtha. Yet this week also offered insight into the level of pettiness to which Republican leadership will go in their malice for and hostility toward anyone who might dare think differently […] |
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