5.11.2006
no news here
Extremely unsurprising tidbits from a rainy day of reading:
* The New York Times Book Review names the best American novels of the past 25 years, plus runners-up, oddly scooping their own May 21 issue. And guess what? Toni Morrison, Philip Roth, Cormac McCarthy, John Updike, and Don DeLillo are all, like, really good writers.
* Newsweeklies think alike.
* "As what may be the last major tax-cut bill from the Bush administration nears final approval in Congress, studies show that most of the benefits will flow to high-income Americans," writes David Cay Johnston. "80 percent of the tax savings would flow to the top 10 percent of taxpayers and ... almost a fifth of the benefits will go to the top one-tenth of 1 percent."
* Rich Hollywood types love getting free stuff.
(and yes, I did read an entire issue of Us, which felt like scarfing down a bag of mini-Snickers while you're waiting for the Trick-or-Treaters to show up. But that aside, this phenomenon of absurdly rich people going ga-ga over a free $70 t-shirt astounds me. Would someone please explain?)
* The New York Times Book Review names the best American novels of the past 25 years, plus runners-up, oddly scooping their own May 21 issue. And guess what? Toni Morrison, Philip Roth, Cormac McCarthy, John Updike, and Don DeLillo are all, like, really good writers.
* Newsweeklies think alike.
* "As what may be the last major tax-cut bill from the Bush administration nears final approval in Congress, studies show that most of the benefits will flow to high-income Americans," writes David Cay Johnston. "80 percent of the tax savings would flow to the top 10 percent of taxpayers and ... almost a fifth of the benefits will go to the top one-tenth of 1 percent."
* Rich Hollywood types love getting free stuff.
(and yes, I did read an entire issue of Us, which felt like scarfing down a bag of mini-Snickers while you're waiting for the Trick-or-Treaters to show up. But that aside, this phenomenon of absurdly rich people going ga-ga over a free $70 t-shirt astounds me. Would someone please explain?)
