Friday, April 30, 2010

WEB BOHEMIAN (Friday, April 30, 2010)
(1)- IPAD VERSUS KINDLE -- Publishing exists in a continual state of forecasting its own demise; there is a running joke that the second book published on the Gutenberg press was about the death of the publishing business.

(2)- A HITLER READER -- Hitler is commonly seen as a book-burner, not a book-lover; with good reason, his image is that of a demagogic public ranter, not a private reader. But some claim that books were central to Hitler’s life.

(3)- EXPLANATIONS -- Whatever the risks posed by the eruption of a volcano in Iceland, it seems clear that the shutting down of much of Europe’s air space is not just about the threat posed by clouds of ash to flying passengers.

(4)- BOOK COVERS -- Even without words, you can probably tell what kind of stories are told in the books. That's thanks to the cover artists, whose work is largely uncelebrated. A new exhibition would like to change that.

(5)- FINANCE ETHICS -- The idea of a corporate conscience—at least over preserving system stability—grew so diffuse that it no longer really existed, even as systemic risk began linking everyone up and making even midsized firms too big to fail.

(6)- WHAT’S UP THERE? -- Why do the majority of Britons still believe in life after death? Heaven isn't a wonderful place filled with light – it is a pernicious construct with a short and bloody history, writes Johann Hari.

(7)- WOMEN AND THEIR WAGES -- Women who held these 10 jobs earned the most money last year -- but their male counterparts made even more.

(8)- MUSIC MOVES – About two dozen Paul McCartney albums have been handed over to McCartney’s new indie label, Concord Music Group, from the Fab Four’s former label, EMI -- including all Wings’ material.

(9)- DUNE ORIGIN – An article chronicles the origin of the Frank Herbert's Dune novels, asserting the idea was sparked when Herbert flew to Florence, Ore., to write about a federal effort to stabilize sand dunes with beach grasses.

POLITICAL COMMENTARY

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