Month: May 2016
Jessa Crispin: ‘We’re not allowed to say the Paris Review is boring’
The editor of Bookslut, which shut down last week, talks to the Guardian about the current state of American literature and its attendant frustrations A couple of weeks ago, Jessa Crispin shut her longstanding book review site, Bookslut, down. Fourteen years after shed founded it, she told me at a Brooklyn coffee shop last week, […]
New global rules on firms’ tax disclosure urged by economists – BBC News
The economists – who include almost 50 professors from British universities including Oxford and the London School of Economics – argue the UK’s position as summit host as well as its sovereignty over what it says is a third of the world’s tax havens makes it “uniquely placed” to take the lead. Related Topics UK […]
Former Officer Charged With Murder For Maryland Shooting Spree
By Ian Simpson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal officer was charged on Saturday with first-degree murder after a two-day shooting rampage that killed his wife and two apparent strangers and wounded three others, police said. The suspect, Eulalio Tordil, a 62-year-old police officer with the Federal Protective Service, was arrested on Friday in Silver Spring, […]
Will Obama’s tax loophole crackdown strike fear into evaders’ hearts? | Chris Lehmann
Following the Panama Papers leak, Obama has promised to close tax loopholes. One can only hope he follows through Just as the Republican party has all-but officially named economic nationalist Donald Trump to head its 2016 presidential ticket, Barack Obama has helpfully sketched out a handy quasi-populist crusade for Democrats to adopt in this intemperate […]
Comeback kids: the Jayhawks ride again
Combining melancholia with sunshine choruses, alt-country pioneers return to their best. Life is dark, but with a beautiful melody, says founder Gary Louris Perseverance is a virtue many bands run out of after they reach a modicum of success. Divorces, money squabbles, drug problems, boredom these are the usual culprits cutting bands short before their […]