New Digs
Whether forced out, moving on, or building anew, we all need a roof over our heads.
Knol
Digging Up Shakespeare’s Stolen Theater: A players’ company of thieves.
Hurricane Ike Resources
Texas: Galveston-Houston Area Zip Code Evacuation Information: Follow the tracks of those misplaced by the storms and flooding.
Detroit News
Foreclosures Won’t Hinder Voters: Voter registration shenanigans? It’s not true that you can’t vote if your home is foreclosed.
Washington Post
Arts Agency Chairman is Moving On: Dana Goia rebuilt the troubled NEA, appeasing conservatives with more traditional programs.
New York Magazine
On June 30, 2009, Buy an Apartment: Vitriolic investor Jim Cramer predicts to the day when housing will turn around, bringing the economy up with it.
Cultural Wars
Despite calls for unity, cultural tribes line up for confrontation. Can’t we all just get along?
NY Daily News
Giants and Jets fans join uproar over stadium naming rights bid by firm with Holocaust ties: What do a beloved local football stadium and a concentration camp have in common? Where’s the bottom line of lucrative sponsorship contracts? Corporate culture vs. fan culture in New York.
Haaretz
Israel Asks for Arms, Air Corridor to Attack Iran: “The security aid package the United States has refused to give Israel for the past few months out of concern that Israel would use it to attack nuclear facilities in Iran included a large number of “bunker-buster” bombs, permission to use an air corridor to Iran, an advanced technological system and refueling planes.”
The Man Booker Prize
Man Booker shortlist announced: Can too many good books be a bad thing? Probably not, but it was an especially difficult challenge to select from the formidable long list this year. How many of the finalists have you read?
Politico
Palin reignites culture wars: Latte Libs vs. Rightous Repubs bring it on after Alaskan veep candidate makes her appeal.
Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet: the blog
Cultural Olympics, 2012: Of course we all know the UK will be hosting the Olympics in 2012. But, did you know about the Cultural Olympics to be held there as well, and in the same year? Get the scoop at Shakespeare’s blog. You didn’t know he had a blog, did you?
