What can we learn about Leo Tolstoy by reading the German sociologist Max Weber? Let Jeremy Klemin from 3:AM Magazine explain. While we’re on Tolstoy, here’s a complementary piece that asks the age old question–who’s better: Tolstoy or Dostoyevsky?
War and Sociology
Figuratively Unbelievable
Getting sick of people who overuse the word “literally”? A new browser extension kindly replaces instances of the word with “figuratively.” At Slate, Will Oremus tries out a godsend for pedants. (A Millions piece by Fiona Maazel nicely complements his article.)
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New DFW
An excerpt from David Foster Wallace's unfinished novel, The Pale King, appears this week in The New Yorker. It's good.
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Charlestopher Ditchkins
Hitchens + Dickens = Ditchens. (Or is that Hickens?)
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