Interesting Reading in the Interweb Tubes
- The War of the Words (“… in the end it is a dispute that comes down to different visions of the future of the written word.”)
- Why conservative Christians would have hated Jesus (“In ‘God-fearing America’ the poor are now the ‘takers,’ no longer the ‘least of these,’ and many conservative evangelicals side with today’s Pharisees, attacking the poor in the name of following the Bible.”)
Website of the Week
- The Internet Arcade provides nearly 1,000 classic coin-op arcade games you can play in your browser
Bookish Linkage
- Libraries do well in this year’s elections
- If you start a book you should finish it — or not
- Lessons on Ebola from Albert Camus’ The Plague
- The origins of the architecture of Carnegie libraries
- An interesting infographic on the most recommended nonfiction books
- Bookish Lists: 8 rules for giving books as gifts; 10 novels based on sociopolitical change; essential books on race, poverty and injustice; the top 10 books that inspired the world over the last 25 years; Amazon’s top 100 books of the year
NonBookish Linkage
- Ebolanoia, the irrational fear of contracting Ebola
- Americans also suffer from philosophobia
- Five of the more current conspiracy theories
- Ways to commit blasphemy in Pakistan
- Mental health’s most dangerous idea
- Occupational stress and brain damage
- Growing up as a serial killer’s daughter
Books! Best weapons in the world.
The Doctor, Dr. Who, “Tooth and Claw”
