Interesting links that will become a part of the blogroll that I will one day have.
1. Arts Journal that compiles articles on media, music, people, publishing, etc.
2. Top 100 sneakers (ya, really!)
3. A clock, but not for people who can’t read HERE
4. A package deal starring Kanye West
a. What he did (NYT calls it the celebrity run-in HERE)
b. This incident led to a buzz in the twitterati-activity leading to this Is Kanye the new O.J.? HERE
5. Discovered the classic magazine The Atlantic.
Flashbacks from The Atlantic are available at: http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/index/flashbacks
Includes:
‘Mind over matter’ which compiles articles from the 1920s to the 1990s that reflect on the revolutionary insights of Albert Einstein.
‘Defending Darwin’ that compiles articles from 1860 to the present on the conflict between evolution theory and religious fundamentalism.
‘Private domain’ where three Atlantic authors consider the fine line between security and breach of privacy.
'Obscenity, Censorship, and the First Amendment', featuring Atlantic writings from the turn of the twentieth century forward on the fraught battleground between freedom of speech and public morality.
‘So You Want to Be a Writer’ that features Wallace Stegner, Francine Prose, John Kenneth Galbraith, and others offer advice to aspiring wordsmiths.
‘Broadcast News’ where David Halberstam, James Fallows, and Nicholas Lemann write on the rich past and uncertain future of broadcast journalism.
‘Nobel Quibbles’ cause when it comes to the Nobel Prize, controversy and debate have always been the name of the game.
‘The Diamond Myth’ which compiles articles from the past 150 years reveal the dark side of "the most brilliant of stones."
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