Around the Blogosphere Last Week

While on vacation in Bridgeport I had access to several newspapers, including THE NEW YORK TIMES...it was nice to have time to read some papers without racing through them as I so often do during the schoolyear! I noted some stories of interest over the past week, and have combined them with some articles and posts I've read today in order to create a very random reading roundup.

At the subject link, Betsy Newmark of Betsy's Page reviews JOHN MARSHALL: DEFINER OF A NATION by Jean Edward Smith. Since reading Betsy's review this book has gone into my Amazon shopping cart.

Former Wife of Joseph Kennedy II Says Church Has Reversed Annulment: This link was sent to me by a friend who knows I enjoy reading about the Kennedys. A decade ago I read Sheila Rauch Kennedy's SHATTERED FAITH: A WOMAN'S STRUGGLE TO STOP THE CATHOLIC CHURCH FROM ANNULLING HER MARRIAGE. How fascinating to learn, so many years later, that she has finally succeeded.

Route 66 Motels Stamped Historic: From now on I won't be able to think of abandoned Route 66 motels without thinking of CARS. More on this from The San Francisco Chronicle.

A Long Line for a Shorter Wait at the Supermarket: How Whole Foods is revolutionizing grocery shopping lines in New York City.

Reservations on Demand: How the Internet is revolutionizing restaurant reservations. (This is an older article which may soon disappear into the NYT's archives...)

Single-Gender Education Gains Ground as Boys Lag: As the mother of a perfectly normal boy who was absolutely not made for the increasingly girl-friendly atmosphere of the modern public elementary school -- with "active," hands-on learning including art, music, science experiments, and, yes, recess largely phased out -- this topic fascinates me.

Choptalk: A blog by the editors of Gourmet magazine. Looking forward to checking it out.

Wait to Get Into Exclusive Restaurant May Be Longest Ever at Disneyland: All about the legendary Club 33.

$485M Overpaid to Storm Victims: Adding to this story, it boggles my mind taxpayers will still be paying for housing for Katrina victims in 2009. It is hard to continue to feel great sympathy for Katrina victims given the way it has been used by so many to scam the American taxpayers.

Obituary: John Tracy, 82; Deaf Son of Actor Spencer Tracy, Clinic Namesake: The John Tracy Clinic has helped countless children. When my children were little they received free hearing screenings by clinic employees who visited our preschool.

By the way, what happened to Michelle Malkin's website? I leave for a few days and come back to a whole new look! :)