Interesting Reading in the Interweb Tubes
- Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us (“When we debate health care policy, we seem to jump right to the issue of who should pay the bills, blowing past what should be the first question: Why exactly are the bills so high?”) [Long but worth the time]
Bookish Linkage
- The effects (and some causes) of illiteracy
- If best-selling albums had been books instead (via)
- Stop apologizing for what you like to read
- The unread and the unreadable
- Proof that reading saves lives
- The 2012 Read Russia! anthology is now available for download
- Don’t worry too much about the shortlist for this year’s oddest book title when you can look at the 10 oddest book titles ever
- Ten essential feminist books everyone should read (and my youngest daughter may be appalled that I haven’t read any of them)
- I also haven’t read any of the 10 sexiest books of all time
- I have read four of the five best rock-and-roll books, though
- SF/F books every socialist should read
Nonbookish Linkage
- I’m guessing this hotel’s two star rating is going to drop
- Yes, America, some foreign countries do make more than one great film a year
- Will you be as surprised at who the world’s largest tire manufacturer is?
- An absolutely wonderful USHL ad. At least I know I’m doing my part locally (via)
The right to health is a fundamental part of our human rights and of our understanding of a life in dignity.
