brain food

Excellent Times Magazine profile on the work of writer and thinker Lewis Hyde, and his decades long examination of the meaning of art in modern society, the insanity of copyright laws, and the re-establishment of intellectual commons. His book "The Gift" mentioned in the article currently has 47 holds on it at the New York Public Library. Gerk.

Stanley Fish lays out in the clearest possible language the problems with Larry Summers as Secretary of Treasury. (Summary: it's not that he's an asshole, it's that he's an asshole who doesn't understand when and where to be an asshole.)

The New York Times continues their series on poor, poor rich folks with an article on how wealthy Mexicans require bodyguards.