February 2012
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“The First Citizen’s declaration of Rome’s elite that “They ne’er cared for us...”
– Shakespeare and the 99 Percent in ‘Coriolanus’ | ThinkProgress
Alyssa Rosenberg on Shakespeare, Coriolanus and rising inequality.
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“I’m a poor audience for my memory.
She wants me to attend her voice nonstop,...”
– Hard Life with Memory by Wisława Szymborska | The New York Review of Books
Translated from the Polish by Clare Cavanagh and Stanislaw Baranczak
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WatchShimmering Stars - Sun Is Going Down (by Castle)
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“You have to let yourself go to be creative. Children possess this quality but...”
– ‘I may have been wrong about Twitter’, writes Ricky Gervais (Wired UK)
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Wonklife: What could go wrong? →
A “strictly confidential” report on Greece’s debt projections prepared for eurozone finance ministers reveals Athens’ rescue programme is way off track and suggests the Greek government may need another bail-out once a second rescue – set to be agreed on Monday night – runs out.
The 10-page…
If it stays in the Euro, Greece faces a decade of economic hardship before maybe (only maybe...
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“The story of Rangers’ insolvency is already becoming a fireside tale told...”
– My blog shows how Scotland’s media were complicit in Rangers’ fall
Excellent piece on the intellectual and moral bankruptcy at the heart of the mainstream media in Scotland.
rangerstaxcase.com (and its many contributors) deserves significant praise for the way it has analysed/tracked...
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“Whenever anyone with Houston’s kind of gift seems to be falling apart, we have a...”
– Whitney Houston and the Burden of Perfection — Vulture
Similarly thought provoking summary by Nitsuh Abebe.
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“With the weird blend of investment and helplessness that typifies kin, we’ve...”
– Culture Desk: Whitney Houston’s Invincible Voice : The New Yorker
Good article by Sasha Frere-Jones.
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Watchnprmusic:
A classic love story: Boy meets girl, girl’s father sabotages boy’s fire trick. You know the drill.
Watch the new video for Cults’ “You Know What I Mean.”
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“One of the great things about this era of the game, though — it goes along with...”
– The epic warfare of the Rafael Nadal-Novak Djokovic Australian Open final - Grantland
Great writing by Brian Phillips at Grantland.
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“One of these days men’s tennis is going to get boring again. There will be...”
– Jason Gay: Why Tennis Rules the Earth - WSJ.com
There’s a group of supremely talented athletes at the top of men’s tennis right now. The incredible ability they possess is perhaps only surpassed by their collective sportsmanship and determination to keep improving themselves.
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