More Noted Things

David Moltz,"So Sue Me," IHE, 6 July, tells the story of a ruthless administration at Ohio's Edison Community College. As farangi at Chapati Mystery, its victim, Stephen D. Marlowe, is a longtime friend of Cliopatria. He also edits the College union's blog, The Illuminator. The faculty has voted no confidence in President Yowell and the Board of Trustees will do justice and save money if it retires him.

The Codex Sinaiticus is now online. Digitization of the oldest Greek text of the Christian Bible is a cooperative venture of the British Library, the Leipzig University Library, the National Library of Russia, and St. Catherine's Monastery. On 6-7 July, the British Library is hosting an international conference about the text. Until September, it hosts an exhibit,"From Parchment to Pixel: the virtual reunification of Codex Sinaiticus."

Jeffrey Rosen,"Black Robe Politics," Washington Post, 5 July, Emily Bazelon,"The Supreme Court on Trial," Slate, 6 July, and Michiko Kakutani,"Appointees Who Really Govern America," NYT, 6 July, review James MacGregor Burns's Packing the Court: The Rise of Judicial Power and the Coming Crisis of the Supreme Court.

Terry Eagleton,"Urbane sprawl," Guardian, 27 June, reviews Isaiah Berlin's Enlightening: Letters, 1946-1960.

Benjamin Schwartz,"California Dreamers," Atlantic, July/August, reviews Kevin Starr's Golden Dreams: California in an Age of Abundance, 1950-1963.

Jennifer Howard,"Scholars Race to Preserve Guantánamo Records," CHE, 10 July, features a current effort to maintain the prison records.