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Part Palace, Part Temple, Part Prison: On the Casa Malaparte by by Michael Z. Wise

POISED OVER A ROCKY promontory jutting into the azure Mediterranean, few houses are as breathtakingly sited as the Casa Malaparte. For the location of his home, the Italian writer Curzio Malaparte…
LENGTH: 2 minutes (521 words)
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LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS

JOHN ROMANOon Niall Ferguson’s Civilization.Work in the observatorium of Taqi al-Din (Detail). C. 1574-1595. Wikimedia Commons.Niall FergusonCivilization: The West and the Rest The Penguin…
LENGTH: 12 minutes (3062 words)

How credit ratings agencies rule the world

"Thank you for calling Moody's," says the automated voice. "Your call may be recorded for quality purposes. If you would like a rating, press one." I press one. There is a brief musical…
PUBLISHED: Feb. 15, 2012
LENGTH: 8 minutes (2029 words)

Socialism and the English Genius

Buy Orwell’s England (Penguin) Buy Why I Write (Penguin Great Ideas) This material remains under copyright and is reproduced by kind permission of the Orwell Estate and Penguin Books. Part I:…
LENGTH: 93 minutes (23260 words)

The Mystery of the Millionaire Metaphysician

The search for an amateur philosopher In the July/August 2001 issue of the late, great magazine Lingua Franca, James Ryerson published an enthralling article about an anonymous benefactor who was…
PUBLISHED: Feb. 10, 2012
LENGTH: 22 minutes (5646 words)

Cindy Sherman talks to Simon Schama

Simon Schama and Cindy Sherman in her New York studioSometimes you can overdo the prep. I realise this when Republican wives, mobilised to do their duty for the cameras in the primaries circus, all…
SOURCE:www.ft.com
LENGTH: 13 minutes (3328 words)

A Guide to the Digital Advertising Industry That's Watching Your Every Click

In this excerpt from his new book, The Daily You, University of Pennsylvania professor Joseph Turow takes you on a tour of the industry that's trafficking in the data you generate every day on the…
LENGTH: 15 minutes (3791 words)

Conservatives Are from Mars, Liberals Are From Venus

How research in political psychology explains the fierce clashes between Republican and Democrats in our polarized system. In October, 2010, Thomas B. Edsall wrote a story for The New Republic --…
LENGTH: 6 minutes (1510 words)
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