Sunday Morning Shards: The “locked and loaded edition”
On my mind and in the reading queue this week.
*The Supreme Court’s new term begins tomorrow. The Christian Science Monitor reports that the new court, with Chief Justic Roberts at the helm, will face several potential landmark decisions early on.
*The New York Times reports that, in just over a decade, the Internet has grabbed 2/3 of the nation’s used book business.
*Why does all of Fenway Park sing Neil Diamond’s “Sweet Caroline” at during the eighth inning of Red Sox games? Susan Orlean investigates for NPR (via 43 Folders).
*Dismissed Paris Review editor Brigid Hughes has started her own literary journal called A Public Space. Published quarterly, Hughes says the magazine will focus less on the writing process like TPR does and more on work in the field.
*Google has submitted a bid to create a free wireless network for the City of San Francisco (via Susan Mernit).
*Nora Ehpron attends a panel discussion on blogging and files this very funny report.
*Illinois Senator Barak Obama is podcasting.
*The AV Club interviews Neil Gaiman.
*Tangible evidence that the U-Haul corporation is the spawn of satan (via A Whole Lotta Nothing).