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Daily Interlude
A daily concoction of internet articles and essays dealing with arts, science, literature, politics, technology, opinions, gossip, and everything else in between.
October 2009
October 31, 2009
Metropolitan Glory
From Paris to Timbuktu, the urban places that have played illustrious roles in the world's story ... more >>
Gore Vidal: ‘We’ll have a dictatorship soon in the US’
The grand old man of letters Gore Vidal claims America is ‘rotting away’ — and don’t expect Barack Obama to save it ... more >>
October 30, 2009
Six Degrees of Jazz - Featured artist: Luciana Souza
Sandals and starlight, cocktails and satellites is Brazil's new voice -- Luciana Souza ... more >>
"A profound lesson in blood"
A nation attacked by terrorists or an oppressed minority whose legitimate grievances are brutally suppressed? However one interprets the recent violence in Xinjiang, it was far from unexpected ... more >>
Twice Branded: Western Women in Muslim Lands
Life for the foreign woman in Cairo: unless she has a murderous uncle by her side or a veil over her face, she can expect to be treated as a communal dish... more >>
October 29, 2009
The Fusion Illusion
Nuclear fusion, the process that makes stars shine, could power everything on Earth if we could tame it. But alas, the last half century of fusion research has been a tale of failure and fraud. Max Schulz reviews Charles Seife’s engrossing book Sun in a Bottle ... more >>
Roll Over, Beethoven
How Yamaha's new electronic piano improves upon a 300-year-old instrument ... more >>
The Vestigial Tale
Story-loving isn’t just culture, it’s biology. The human brain has evolved to make and enjoy narratives. So as we enter the Age of Twitter ... more >>
October 28, 2009
Jonathan Kirsch on ‘The Woman Who Named God’
Is the biblical tale of Hagar “a creation story as important as the Garden of Eden,” as Charlotte Gordon argues in her provocative new book? ... more >>
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