The Queue
The solutions to France's myriad problems advocated in Nicolas Sarkozy's Testimony all boil down to one element: the State. Always the State. The State, the State, the State. Add to this his advocacy for economically devastating environmentalism & protectionist trade policies, & his satirical nickname "Sarko the American" seems particularly unfair… to Americans. Only the most far-left elements of the American political spectrum advocate the all-encompassing statism of Sarkozy. Sarkozy, who stood for a very rightward shift in the French polity. Vive la France? Nay, France is doomed. Doomed, doomed, doomed.

Recently
Steve Martin, An Object of Beauty
Rudyard Kipling, The Man who would be King and Other Stories
Nicolas Sarkozy, translated from the French by Philip H. Gordon, Testimony: France, Europe, and the World in the Twenty-first Century

Currently
Richard Price, Lush Life

Presently
Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Gods of Mars
Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Warlord of Mars
Edgar Rice Burroughs, Thuvia, Maid of Mars

The Rebel Black Dot Songs of the Day
Fountains of Wayne, "Richie and Ruben" from Sky Full of Holes (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary: "Richie and Ruben/Don't know what they're doin'."

Samstag, 2 Juni
The Fratellis, "Chelsea Dagger" from Costello Music (Jojo)

Freitag, 1 Juni
Vampire Weekend, "A-Punk" from Vampire Weekend (T.L.A.M.)