Miscellaneous: From PopMatters, a review of American Food Writing: An Anthology, with Classic Recipes. From National Journal, the wireless telecommunications industry underwent a tectonic shift Tuesday when federal regulators adopted ambitious rules designed to make it easier for consumers to switch carriers and for new competitors to emerge. A review of The Proms: A new history. Your only son commits murder and is sentenced to life without parole. How do you go on? A review of A New Kind of Normal: Hope-Filled Choices When Life Turns Upside Down by Carol Kent Nelson. How to write a hero: A review of James Fenimore Cooper: The Early Years by Wayne Franklin.
Staying gold for 40 years: With 13.4 million copies sold, teen novel The Outsiders is even more relevant today than when it was first published. A review of Feast: Why Humans Share Food by Martin Jones. First Facebook opened the dorms to the world; now it has turned them into a mini-mall. A review of Planet Chicken: The Shameful Story of the World's Favourite Bird by Hattie Ellis. The Guest from Hell: Savoring Norman Mailer's legendary appearance on The Dick Cavett Show. Who owns the airwaves? The US is auctioning billions of dollars in public airwaves, but it's ignoring a larger crisis in broadband internet competition. A review of People Get Screwed All the Time: Protecting Yourself From Scams, Fraud, Identity Theft, Fine Print, and More by Robert Massi.
A review of Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World by Anthony Doerr. A review of The Unnatural History of the Sea by Callum Roberts. A review of One Red Paperclip: How a Small Piece of Stationery Turned into a Great Big Adventure by Kyle MacDonald. A Law-Abiding Pedophile? Jack McClellan blogs openly about where best to meet girls under the age of 12. The local authorities are watching him, warily. Should just talking about such matters be enough to get him locked up? Creating a less alarming clock: Never mind setting it yourself. It knows exactly when you're ready to wake up.
