THE FEED: SEP 24

What we're reading:

A glowing review
(Atlantic): A review of the iPhone by blogger who is legally blind

Healing by the book
(Washington Post): The religiosity of AA, and what it means around the world

The greatest thespians
(Guardian): The Stage searches for the best stage actors, mostly Brits

Today's quote:

"What’s important is that, in fictionalizing...left-wing conventional wisdom about Strauss, the Jews, and the Iraq war, Franzen is spreading it to a much wider audience—complete with images of a wizened, cranially distorted Jewish puppetmaster, who cynically chuckles about how 'we' control the U.S. government from behind the scenes. That Franzen could uncritically reproduce this kind of imagery is a reminder of how ugly and obsessive the antiwar discourse sometimes became."

~ Adam Kirsch, "Jonathan Franzen, the Iraq War, and Leo Strauss" (New Republic)

(Via The Economist)

Picture credit: Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com