Great Bookstores
Everyone has a list of favorite bookstores. But my list is of the best bookstores.
What are those, you say? Let’s start with a theory. We always need a theory. Mine is that, in the age of Amazon, there is no reason to visit a bookstore unless the bookseller can pick out interesting books one might [...]
Hog-butcher of the world
The reaction to the decision to award the Olympic Games to Rio is vastly amusing, in what it says about American provincialism.
In what universe does one live, if one thinks Chicago more attractive than Rio? Imagine a IOC delegate from Prague or Mumbai asking himself “where would I rather visit–Chicago or Rio.” The Loop [...]
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