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Rats.
It has occurred to me that my daily life consists of reading, writing, and thinking about what I’ve read and what I want to write. Yeah, yeah there’s the role TV occupies but it isn’t a blanket: I’m usually reading … Continue reading
Posted in Animal news, The Facts of Life
Tagged David Grann, David Remnick, giant squid, Joseph Mitchell, Kraken, New Yorker, Pied Piper of Hamelin, rats in New York City, Robert Browning, World War II
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Outtakes and Vagabonds: What’s wrong with King Charles and other very rich people?
I’m pretty sure Rebecca Mead did not intend to spark my pity for Charles Windsor, et al., in her excellent and lightly dishy article, “King Me,” in the May 8 New Yorker. Yet she did. And she did it within … Continue reading
Posted in The Facts of Life, The filthy rich
Tagged Catherine Mayer, Faberge, Fountain Pen Hospital, King Charles, Mont Blanc, New Yorker, Rebecca Mead, Tsar Nicholas II
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“Vladimir the Poisoner of Underpants”
Alexey Navalny said that. In five words he nailed Vladimir Putin. He spoke more words than those in court as he was sentenced to a couple of years in prison for…well. For being astoundingly heroic and dangerously heretical. The excerpt … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, The Facts of Life, voting rights
Tagged Alexey Navalny, Julia Ioffe, New Yorker, Putin, Vladimir the Poisoner of Underpants
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