Things Noted Here & There

Carnivalesque #53, an ancient/medieval edition of the festival, will be up later today at Carin Ruff's Ruff Notes.

History is Ephemeral Carnival #2 is up at Kitsch Slapped. The blog describes itself as"Slapping You With Kitsch — As Often As Possible. Specializing In Bad Taste From A (Feminist) Chick's Perspective. Pop Culture Right In Your Kisser."

Matthew Lynn,"Professor Paul Krugman at war with Niall Ferguson over inflation," London's Sunday Times, 23 August, tracks the careers and recent exchanges of blows.

Diana Preston,"Rome Wasn't Destroyed in a Day Either," Washington Post, 23 August, reviews Adrian Goldsworthy's How Rome Fell: Death of a Superpower.

Dennis Drabelle,"Mutiny on the Hudson," Washington Post, 23 August, reviews Peter C. Mancall's Fatal Journey: The Final Expedition of Henry Hudson -- A Tale of Mutiny and Murder in the Arctic.

Noel Malcolm reviews Thomas Levenson's Newton and the Counterfeiter for the Telegraph, 16 August.

Brian Dillon,"Malignant Sadness," Guardian, 22 August, is based on his recent book, Tormented Hope: Nine Hypochondriac Lives.

Dana Stevens reviews"The Baader Meinhof Complex," a film based on Stefan Aust's Baader-Meinhof: The Inside Story of the R.A.F., for Slate, 21 August.

James Bamford,"The Secret Service Spills Its Secrets," Washington Post, 23 August, reviews Ronald Kessler's In the President's Secret Service: Behind the Scenes with Agents in the Line of Fire and the Presidents They Protect.