Interesting Reading in the Interweb Tubez
- The Seductive Appeal of the “Nazi Exception” (“Rights arise from our status as humans, not from our adherence to ideology.”)
Lawsuit of the Week
- San Diego’s former mayor and his wife are suing the city alleging her fall on a sidewalk ruptured her breast implants
Saddest Blog Headline of the Week
Bookish Linkage
- Tajikistan says no books will be allowed in or out of the country without written permission
- The joy of hate reading
- Norway for bookwords
- Seven digital book clubs you can join now that combine literature with political activism
- Best books about North Korea
Nonbookish Linkage
- How to protect your privacy from your ISP now that Congress has repealed internet privacy rules
- 10 myths about immigration in the United States
- Ellis Island officials used to require immigrants to put together a jigsaw puzzle to keep out “imbeciles”
- An open letter to people who talk too much
- A 16-week crash course on the history of movies
There will be moments when you have to be a grown-up. These moments are tricks. Don’t fall for them.
Jenny Lawson, Furiously Happy
