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Kay Ryan, ‘Giddy with Thinking’

The New York Review of Books 

The poet Kay Ryan’s own essays on literature—recently published in Synthesizing Gravity: Selected Prose—are so deliriously good, so in excess of usefulness, that they’re often on their way to poetry. Whether Ryan is expressing enthusiasm (Annie Dillard “could get high C out of a potato”) or skepticism (a conference panel on The Creative Writer as Teacher “looks like the Last Supper but just with water glasses”), her essays frequently draw on her quizzical-lyrical gifts. The seemingly lightweight keeps turning lightly weighty.



Top 10 Ideas That Were Far Ahead Of Their Time

Listverse 

Sometimes, an idea is so brilliant that it changes the world immediately. Sometimes, it takes a little longer. In fact, a great concept may take millennia to catch on. So don’t be too disappointed if your genius notion doesn’t impress people straightaway. It’ll get there even if you’re no longer around to see it. Here […]

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Julian Assange's Extradition and Press Freedom

Cato Institute 

What does the fight over bringing Julian Assange to the U.S. to face espionage charges mean for press freedom? J.D. Tuccille of Reason Magazine comments.

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Farmers cry wolf as predators attack flocks in Europe

RTÉ News 

There are estimated to be close to 18,000 wolves living wild in Europe and in many areas their numbers are growing - but a controversial referendum in Switzerland this weekend could cement a law that would see the predator's numbers being more tightly controlled by shooting.

In World War II, The Royal Navy Declared War On France's Battleship Fleet

The National Interest 

Warfare History Network

History, Europe

To keep Hitler from capturing it.

Here's What You Need To Remember: The Royal Navy’s actions had made clear to the world—and in particular to America, which recognized the Vichy regime—that Britain, on the apparent brink of defeat, was determined to win the battle of the Mediterranean and secure eventual victory.

When the armistice between France and Germany was put into force on June 25, 1940, the fate of the powerful French... Читать дальше...


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