February 2011
35 posts
January 2011
36 posts
“Most political leaders struggle to speak fluently in a foreign tongue. Only the...”
– Nicolas Sarkozy is adopting a more presidential tone after being accused of ‘mistreating’ the French language. In November he nailed the fiendishly difficult imperfect subjunctive. Triple axels are easier. (via theeconomist)
South Draws U.S. Blacks - WSJ.com →
tballardbrown:
via @russwalker
Among 25 big U.S. metro areas with the largest growth in African-American population between 2000 and 2009, 16 were in the South—including Atlanta and Dallas—according to the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey. Among the big losers were cities in the North and West, including Detroit, Los Angeles and Cleveland. The biggest gainer was Atlanta, a magnet for...
“The writer’s only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless...”
– William Faulkner (via theparisreview)
