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Best Posts Series § 9

Best Posts Series § 9

LITERATURE  & CULTURE

Conservative Art, Conservative Notions of Culture

I fell in love with HP fanfic "Toujours Pur" by SnorkackCatcher. It is short, but very powerful.
Summary: Mrs Black watches the Quidditch from her private box and reflects on her disappointing sons, the importance of Black family values, and a certain Chaser for the Kenmare Kestrels ...

Huck Finn and democratic self-making

Transformers 4 is the Greatest Film Ever Made About 21st Century America

100 highlights of Special Collections at Bradford University. I was touched by "Reunion and Reconciliation: The Peace Sculpture" by Josefina de Vasconcellos.

I became intrigued by the description of Ian Mortimer's book "Centuries of Change: Which century saw the most change - and why it matters to us."  (Haven't read it yet.)

Loved the movie "Tea With Mussolini." Watch the trailer here.

POLITICS – Past and Present

MY FAVORITE POST:  battles over ancient bones and modern identities

The Quiet German: The astonishing rise of Angela Merkel, the most powerful woman in the world.

Ta-Nehisi Coates is a national correspondent at The Atlantic, where he writes about culture, politics, and social issues. (If you're interested in the issue of race in America and/or simply want to discover a good columnist.)

The World's Most Toxic Value System

the forgotten roots of the first world war

MISC.

How air conditioning remade modern America

Science once communicated in a polyglot of tongues, but now English rules alone. How did this happen – and at what cost?