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- Three Great Social Contractarians: Hobbes, Locke, and … Blackbeard ... - New York Times Blogs
Peter Leeson , the BB&T Professor for the Study of Capitalism at George Mason University and author of the forthcoming book “The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates,” blogged here earlier this week about U.F.O.’s and dominoes . This ...
- Michael Norton; AP journalist covered Haiti - Boston Globe
NEW YORK - Michael Norton, who spent nearly two decades covering Haiti's coups, rebellions, and disasters for the Associated Press, died Sunday in Caguas, Puerto Rico, after a long battle with cancer. He was 66. Mr. Norton chronicled the turmoil that ...
- Interview: Daniela Barone Soares - Guardian Unlimited
Daniela Barone Soares had spent a decade working as a private equity banker when she began to reassess her career goals. Her initial plan had been to amass a fortune and give it all away to charity. But life, she realised, was too short. "It came to ...
- First Night: Grace Jones, Meltdown Festival, Royal Festival Hall - Independent
First Night: Grace Jones, Meltdown Festival, Royal Festival HallIndependent, UK - 7 hours agoHer face melts and stretches like the liquid metal cyborg from Terminator 2, as thumping tribal bass backs her android poetry. It’s an apt opening for one ...
- Portsmouth v Manchester United - live! - Guardian Unlimited
Portsmouth's Peter Crouch has a good touch for a big man, but a mediocre goalscoring rate for a striker. Photo: Alex Livesey/Getty Images Preamble: The Ride of the Valkyries booming out from the Tannoy. A smattering of players warming up half ...
- BOOK NOTES: Tribute to the late Jonathan Williams planned (Asheville Citizen-Times)
ASHEVILLE - A tribute to recently deceased poet, photographer, publisher and Black Mountain College alumnus Jonathan Williams will be at 8 p.m. July 19 at the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center, 56 Broadway, downtown Asheville.
- Trevor Pinnock and the European Brandenburg Ensemble - Washington Post
Twenty-five years ago, Trevor Pinnock made a landmark recording of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos with the English Concert, the period-instrument ensemble that the English conductor and harpsichordist would go on to lead for decades more. Archiv, the ...
- Bard productions showcase works of Polish composer - Schenectady Gazette
Bard productions showcase works of Polish composerSchenectady Gazette, NY - 16 minutes agoHowever, his background of poetry and painting will serve him well with the Szymanowski works, he said. “I want to show their beauty,” Majewski said. ...
- Melbourne hooks the books - Age
The timing could hardly have been better had it appeared in the final chapters of a best-selling thriller. Three days before the opening of the Melbourne Writers Festival, UNESCO has named Melbourne as its second City of Literature. Edinburgh became ...
- Local poets feature at book festival - John O'Groat Journal
Local poets feature at book festivalJohn O'Groat Journal, UK - 2 hours agoGunn, who comes from Dunnet and is based in Thurso, will be reading from his latest collection of poetry The Atlantic Forest, which was published by Two ...
- Palestinians plan big funeral for poet Darwish (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Mahmoud Darwish, whose poetry encapsulated the Palestinian cause, will get the equivalent of a state funeral in the West Bank on Tuesday -- an honor only previously accorded to PLO leader Yasser Arafat.
- Oil burden - OpEdNews
Oil burdenOpEdNews, PA - 1 hour agoPoetry: The Refined Savage Poetry Review - Refined Savage Editions; Unfinished Works - AIDS Services Foundation – Orange County December 2005; ...
- Thrill, fun, adventure: DSS doles out all in plenty - Khaleej Times
DUBAI - The curtains came down on Dubai Summer Surprises 2008 on Friday, with a greater number of people taking part in the various acitivities, ranging from thrill and fun to adventure. Nasir Hakim, Public Relations Manager of DSS Office, said the ...
- Wesleyan Students, CJTS Inmates Share Shakespeare, Cupcakes - CollegeOTR
CollegeOTRWesleyan Students, CJTS Inmates Share Shakespeare, CupcakesCollegeOTR, NY - 1 hour ago... about what Shakespeare’s plays were about (eg “wearing tights” and “reading love poetry”) and to connect with the larger themes in the scene. ...
- What Does Karadzic's Capture Mean? - New Republic
What Does Karadzic's Capture Mean?New Republic, DC - 56 minutes agoWhat's remarkable is how ordinary his life had become, and how public he remained--treating patients in alternative medicines, publishing poetry, ...Video: Karadzic's arrest sparks clashes - 23 Jul 08 AlJazeeraEnglishall 5,230 news articles
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