{"id":1314,"date":"2007-01-26T06:08:50","date_gmt":"2007-01-26T11:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-jan-26-2007\/"},"modified":"2007-01-26T06:08:50","modified_gmt":"2007-01-26T11:08:50","slug":"unrequired-reading-jan-26-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-jan-26-2007","title":{"rendered":"Unrequired Reading: Jan. 26, 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"

I sure wish I had time to write about some of these stories, dear reader. Maybe you<\/em> can offer up some commentary about them!<\/p>\n

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A good way to get lots of hits (and plenty of spam) is to write about “missing Chinese girls<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

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It seems there’s a new OS for PCs or something<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Dan Drezner writes about how to sink a presidential candidate (with love)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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George Will rambles on the health of the airline industry<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Eddie Campbell on typography and the House of Leaves<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Robert Hughes: no airy-fairy, metaphor-ridden kind of pseudo-poetry<\/a> in his<\/em> memoirs!<\/p>\n

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The War on Terra<\/a>! (bwah-ha-ha!)<\/p>\n

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Best headline of the week<\/a>. (courtesy of To The People<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I sure wish I had time to write about some of these stories, dear reader. 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