The Tyranny Of The Short Term
Michael Lewis and David Einhorn lucidly explain how the financial crisis happened—and what to do about it. (Via Mohit.)
By Amit Varma in Business • Economics •
Celebrating Bling
Or rather, celebrity bling.
By Amit Varma in The good life •
Pragmatism And Ideology
Tobin Harshaw links to some thought-provoking pieces here.
By Amit Varma in Politics •
The Worst Puns Ever
Ramesh Srivats continues to delight.
By Amit Varma in Politics •
Nuclear Proliferation
The NY Times lays out the history of the spread of nuclear technology. (Via Neel.)
By Amit Varma in Politics •
Garden and Cosmos
The Royal Paintings of Jodhpur
By Sanjeev Naik in Arts and entertainment •
Guess that mimed album cover
Play the game; Beware: Man in leotard posing! - via Mefi.
By Sanjeev Naik in Arts and entertainment •
Labels from 78 rpm records …
...over the decades - via Mefi.
By Sanjeev Naik in The visual arts •
Gastronomic desires
Enjoy the best Tx BBQ in the world and wash it down with extreme beer
By Sanjeev Naik in The good life •
Literary Tastings
Perhaps now we know why Monica got Leaves of Grass from her paramour. (My pick - Walden)
By Sanjeev Naik in Arts and entertainment • The good life •
Contact India Uncut
My Friend Sancho Is Looking For Clothes
A reminder to my readers: the contest to design the cover for my first novel, My Friend, Sancho, is…Cleaning Up The Internet
All hail the WTF headline of the day: China to ‘clean up’ the internet It seems the Chinese authorities…
New York Cricket Club
Netherland is an Indian novel accidentally written by an Irishman
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The Desperate Passion of Ben Foster
Method acting meets controlled staginess in 3:10 to Yuma
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#106 - Generalissimo 76
Sample clues
9 across: Van Morrison classic from Moondance (7)
6 down: Order beginning with ‘A’ (12)
Bombastic Little Creep
Question by Amit Varma
This character’s creator described him as “insufferable”, and called him a “detestable, bombastic, tiresome, ego-centric little creep”. On August 6 1975, the New York Times carried his obituary, the only time it has thus honoured a fictional character. Who?
