The Monkey's Digest - Links posted in February
Three Monkeys is committed to producing interesting and eclectic material online, but also to the finding and highlighting of great online content. The Monkey's Digest is our own small contribution to rewarding the thousands of sites that are committed to producing intelligent, interesting, and unique material online, that too-often gets hidden behind the rubbish heap of dancing-chipmunk videos or latest Paris Hilton headline.
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Guantánamo bay trials rigged?
A high-ranking Colonel involved in the military commisions judging prisoners held in 'Gitmo' alleges that trials have been rigged from the start
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Michael Wood on the Cohen Brothers
The Cohen Brothers, according to Wood (in the London review of Books), are film-makers who seem forever to be in search - prospecting, almost - for the perfect film
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Cat Power is living happily ever after
Wong Kar-Wai says that 'if Charles Bukowski and Jane Birkin had a child, it would be Cat Power. After years of nerves and alcohol abuse, the indie singer from Georgia has found sobriety, recognition, and fans like Karl Lagerfeld'
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Accepting the Muslim contribution to Europe's heritage - an acid test for democracy?
The readiness to accept past invaders, particularly those of a different religion, as part of one’s national heritage is an acid test for the maturity of one’s democracy
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Hilary needs to learn from Nixon and Reagan
If Hilary Clinton is to comeback in the race for the democratic party's presidential nomination, she'll have to learn from past campaigns by Nixon and Reagan
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Editor resigns against the glass ceiling
Feministing brings attention to the resignation of Marilyn Mitchell, former City Editor of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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9 things the Chinese Government need to do
Reporters without borders have published 9 things the Chinese Government need to do, to avoid a boycott of the 2008 Olympics
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Spielberg Snubs Chinese Olympics over Darfur
Steven Spielberg, who had been engaged as a consultant for the opening and closing ceremonies of this year's Olympics in Beijing, has withdrawn from the role in protest over Chinese support for the Government in Sudan
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The Berlinale bounces back
Berlin's film festival bounces back, after a disastrous 2007 program. Ekkehard Knörer previews the festival, which is brimming full of music movies including offerings from the Rolling Stones, Madonna, and Neil Young
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Pink Floyd Turn Forty
Pop Matters take a look back at the Floyd, as they turn forty.
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Moderating the trolls
A light-hearted yet soul-searching discussion about blog-moderation and methods to out the trolls
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Harper Collins puts free books online
Harper Collins experiments with new marketing by putting free books online
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Hilary hating's shared trait with anti-Semitism
Both feed on air and flourish independently of anything external to their obsessions - says Prof. Stanley Fish in the New York Times
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Oliver Kamm and Medialens come to blows over the Pacific War
Open letters abound as blogger Oliver Kamm labels Media Lens editor David Cromwell an 'ignoramus'. The arguments surface regarding America's motivations in dropping two nuclear bombs on Japan in 1945. Follow the links to read both sides
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The Berlinale bounces back
Berlin's film festival bounces back, after a disastrous 2007 program. Ekkehard Knörer previews the festival, which is brimming full of music movies including offerings from the Rolling Stones, Madonna, and Neil Young
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Oliver Kamm and Medialens come to blows over the Pacific War
Open letters abound as blogger Oliver Kamm labels Media Lens editor David Cromwell an 'ignoramus'. The arguments surface regarding America's motivations in dropping two nuclear bombs on Japan in 1945. Follow the links to read both sides
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Pink Floyd Turn Forty
Pop Matters take a look back at the Floyd, as they turn forty.
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Moderating the trolls
A light-hearted yet soul-searching discussion about blog-moderation and methods to out the trolls
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Harper Collins puts free books online
Harper Collins experiments with new marketing by putting free books online
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Hilary hating's shared trait with anti-Semitism
Both feed on air and flourish independently of anything external to their obsessions - says Prof. Stanley Fish in the New York Times
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The devil is my running mate
"The devil is my running mate, this here is his favourite state". Jason Isbell, via William Gibson
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How should Mormons feel about Romney, and his exit?
Russel Arben Fox, a Mormon, asks the provocative question - should Mormons hate Mitt Romney?
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The Irish debate press freedom and privacy
Ireland has, after a debate dating back to the 1970s, finally established a Press Council (including Ombudsman). The Minister for Justice meanwhile warns the council, and press that legislation on privacy may be around the corner.
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On what side of the political diagonal do you stand?
The problem, argues Italian activitst Toni Negri, is to know what side you are on: on the side of the power of life that resists, or on the side of its biopolitical exploitation. What is at stake in the city often takes shape in the struggle to re-a
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Osvaldo Golijov and Buenos Aires
I understood right away that Piazzolla wasn’t simply using notes, he was distilling all of life in Buenos Aires: the way people talked, walked, flirted, fought.
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Sarajevo is
A cheap football shirt with the name Zinedine Zidane on the back of a grimy boy. Habitus Mag's Sarajevo issue, with an essay by Aleksander Hemon
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What would change were the President a Woman?
Historian, and biographer of Theodore Roosevelt, answers a student's question
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The Giulianomaly
The relevant fact about Giuliani’s stunning fall from popular-front runner in the polls throughout most of 2007 to primary failure in 2008 is this: the more voters got to know Rudy Giuliani the less they liked him
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Making the world safe for Japanese food
A non-profit organisation is rewarding Japanese restaurants that serve up 'authentic' Japanese cuisine, but wouldn't it be better for a San Francisco restaurant to serve up sushi with local-grown rice?
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Is American Air-Power the problem, rather than the solution?
Einsten defined insanity as 'doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting different results', yet there are still calls to increase US air power in Iraq
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Revisiting John Updike's rules for reviewing
John Updike, thirty years ago, laid out six valuable rules for anyone attempting to write a book review - the rules are revisited by Critical Mass
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The McCain Divide
A victory for John McCain in gaining the Republican Presidential Nomination would signal a revolution in American politics
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The surprise nomination of Atonement
Novelist Laila Lalami, author of 'hope and other dangerous pursuits', explains why she was surprised at the Oscar nominations for Atonement
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Why Britain doesn't need nuclear power
Mark Lynas argues that nuclear power, in principle, is fine but not what the U.K, with some of the best sources for renewable energy in the world, needs right now. The UK, he argues, could become the Saudi Arabia of wind power.
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How Dave Eggers wrong-footed Granta
The Times profiles Dave Eggers, author of 'a heartbreaking work of staggering genius', and founder of McSweeneys
