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Recent links of note:

What Price Safety?
Lawrence Christon, ArtsJournal
Just so you know, this blog is not a safe space

The Mystery of Extraordinarily Accurate Medieval Maps
Julie Rehmeyer, Discover
13th-century portolan maps are beautiful, detailed, and surprisingly correct. Mathematical analysis offers clues as to why. 

Reader, I Muted Him: The Narrative Possibilities of Networked Life
Steve Himmer, The Millions
The eternal questions: What if Romeo and Juliet could text? And why does a cell phone go off during every concert?

Philip Glass Half-Full
Terry Teachout, Commentary
"Since 1976, Glass has turned out dozens of instrumental works, including 10 symphonies and six string quartets. I have yet to hear one that struck me as anything other than excruciatingly boring."

A Helluva Show
James Panero, City Journal
Have you seen On the Town? Go see On the Town.

From our pages:

Revisiting the banality of evil
Paul Hollander
A review of Eichmann Before Jerusalem: The Unexamined Life of a Mass Murderer

 

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