It’s a busy weekend of grading for me, but here’s a few things that caught my eye:
[1] Four NYT profiles: Dubai as an emerging hub of secularism and Islam co-existing, idiots who failed to understand that credit cards aren’t free money, the precious few math geeks that America has compared to every other nation on earth, and the centennial of the Long Island Motor Parkway, the world’s first car-only road.
[2] Proof that the Internet will mercilessly mock everything that deserves it: A review of the glossy magazine treatment for the New Testament. “Thomas Nelson has produced a frightening Frankenstein monster of a tome, crudely stitching the transcendent tale of Christ to the most vapid, mindless portions of pop culture. However, it will undoubtedly look good on a bookshelf next to The Rubaiyyat of Hannah Montana and Britney Spears’ Bhagavad Gita.” Well. Played.
[3] IMF chief says: “Intensifying solvency concerns about a number of the largest U.S.-based and European financial institutions have pushed the global financial system to the brink of systemic meltdown.” Yikes. So what are they going to do to fix it? Well, um, they don’t know how. In short, enjoy the depression!
[4] It’s on now: Civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) analogized John McCain … to George Wallace. Okay, that’s hyperbolic and you damn well know it. Thanks for derailing actual discussion of issues for another couple days.
