My Summer Tour DatesPostings will be sparse for the next week or so.
Our classes just ended, so tomorrow morning I’m heading down to the beach town of Puerto Lopez, which is supposed to be beautiful. (And it’s whale season, so I hope we’ll spot some humpbacks.)
Then, on August first, I leave for home (Beaufort, South […]
The AvengerThe Columbia Journalism Review profiles Sy Hersh, the legendary investigative reporter.
A Revolutionary Shaving SolutionGuys: tired of paying top dollar for fancy razor “systems”? Here’s a radical new solution.
Peru News Round-Up
–The New York Times weighs in on the Shining Path’s resurgence;
–eight international climbers appear to have been killed by an avalance on a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca range;
–and (spoiler alert! spoiler alert!) the more than $140 million the US is spending to eradicate coca in Peru this year…(are you ready […]
Lucio G’s Indigenous IssuesReuters: “Ecuador’s President Lucio Gutierrez dismissed Education Minister Rosa Maria Torres on Monday, a move that could weaken his fragile coalition because of her close ties to the nation’s powerful Indian movement.”
Peter Olson, The King of Book PublishingThe New York Times magazine on Peter Olson, chairman and CEO of Random House: “Although he has never edited a book, discovered a writer or masterminded a marketing campaign, Peter Olson is the most powerful man in book publishing.”
Mr. Wong’s Soup’PartmentsThis appears to be some sort of strange German graphical online community/art project. “It’s easy at 1, 2, 4…”
Watch What You Read in Atlanta“Reading the wrong thing in public can get you in trouble.” Just ask Marc Schultz.
Hasta Luego, Ramiro BlacuttBolivian Ramiro Blacutt, the coach of our underachieving pro soccer side, Deportivo Cuenca, has resigned.
Former Texas Priest Caught in GuayaquilThe accused pedophile, on the run for six years, was shipped back to Miami and will face charges in Tyler, Texas.
More on Peru’s Shining Path ProblemThe Economist offers a good overview of the Shining Path’s apparent resurgance in Peru.
Authoritarian ex-president Alberto Fujimori (who, it turns out, Peru’s in a hurry to extradite from Japan) crushed the Maoist rebels with brutal force. But current president Alejandro Toledo is seen to have gone soft on rooting […]
The Genius of Reality TVIn “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy,” a new show from Bravo, five gay men make over a straight guy:
“They are the Fab Five: an elite team of gay men dedicated to extolling the simple virtues of style, taste and class. Each week their mission is to transform a style-deficient and […]
Hipster BingoFor all my Brooklyn friends (you know who you are), I give you Hipster Bingo! (Related: a cool place to buy good produce in the East Village.)
Peruvian GraffitiMichael Smith maintains a good Weblog about Peru.
Peru’s Alberto Fujimori: I’ll Be BackAlberto Fujimori, the disgraced and exiled (and ethnically Japanese, interestingly) former president of Peru, says he’s on the verge of a political comeback in his Andean homeland. And many Peruvians would love to have him back (although if he entered the country he’d be arrested).