Still More Noted Things

Carnivalesque LXIII, an ancient/medieval edition of the festival, is up at The Cranky Professor's place.

Adam Kirsch,"Redrawing Boundaries," Tablet, 22 June, reviews Michael Brenner's A Short History of the Jews.

Edward Glaeser,"Thinkers and Tinkerers," The Book, 22 June, reviews Joel Mokyr's The Enlightened Economy: An Economic History of Britain, 1700-1850.

Robert Pinsky,"Firmness in the Write," Slate, 22 June, considers the poetry of Abraham Lincoln.

Stephen Kinzer,"Israel's Shady Arms Deal," Daily Beast, 22 June, reviews Sasha Polakow-Suransky's The Unspoken Alliance: Israel's Secret Relationship with Apartheid South Africa.

Michael Hastings,"The Runaway General," Rolling Stone, 8 July, is the article that brings General McChrystal to the White House today.