Gleanings: Global Warming, Dazed and Confused and the MGM Lion:
- The London Times reports that experts predict that the North Pole will be open sea, i.e. no ice, i.e. curtains for the polar bears by 2040. Which is the worst news I’ve heard all year (via Buzzfeed).
- The New York Times reports that rape charge have been dropped in the Duke Lacrosse case however charges of kidnapping and sexual abuse remain on the books.
- Radar Magazine asks “Is 2006 the year that antisemitism made a comeback?”
- Jim DeRogatis’s essay on the Criterion Collection edition of Dazed and Confused, one of my favorite ever movies. I have to get this thing
- The Feedburner podcast has featured an episode called “How to avoid Podfading”, i.e. how to keep from losing enthusiasm for your podcast. I so need this as my two podcasts are stalled big time (via Micropersuasion).
- Modern Mask is a new online journal of the arts. My friend George is contributing.
- A pictoral history of the MGM lion via Wikipedia. Quite relevant to my research on my current book.