{"id":1836,"date":"2007-12-28T05:00:39","date_gmt":"2007-12-28T10:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-dec-28-2007\/"},"modified":"2007-12-27T20:36:35","modified_gmt":"2007-12-28T01:36:35","slug":"unrequired-reading-dec-28-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-dec-28-2007","title":{"rendered":"Unrequired Reading: Dec. 28, 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"

I lied, dear readers! Here’s a fresh passel of links to see you through the New Year’s weekend!<\/p>\n


\nIt seems that British historians — legal and otherwise — have some trouble putting Cromwell and the commonwealth in context<\/a>. Okay, maybe that sounds like a dull topic, but I found this to be a pretty informative and engaging review. Especially because I don’t know a lot about British history.<\/p>\n

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Megan McArdle (nee Jane Galt) on the subprime bubble and the tendency to treat NOW as the biggest problem EVER<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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The iPod is my shepherd<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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I used to be embarrassed to admit that I was a teenaged American in the 1980s and I didn’t see The Breakfast Club. Then I discovered that there’s a sports fan from Indiana who’s never seen Hoosiers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Ron Rosenbaum on Christmas eve for Jews in New York, the Pogues, and the allure of the 2nd Avenue Deli<\/a>. (Ron & I have two very different experiences<\/a> of “Jewish Wonderland” night in NYC.)<\/p>\n

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Architecture gets Unreal<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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And hey, I’m in Louisiana this week, so that means you should make a Chris Rose column<\/a> part of your unrequired reading.<\/p>\n

Keep an eye out for the special Bonus Unrequired Reading on Dec. 31! Find out all the articles and posts that I meant to write about or share with you, but never got around to!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I lied, dear readers! 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