“Señora, you’ve earned a spot in heaven.”

from the Los Angeles Times HECTOR TOBAR: Outpost of literature feeds the body and the mind   Stefano Paltera, For The Times Sandra Romero of Mama’s Hot Tamales offered space to Librería Hispanoamérica in hopes that they can help one another survive the economic...

“Their weapons are their canes…”

from the Sun Journal Cane-Fu fighting By Matt Sedensky , Associated Press Writer ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. – Pay no mind to the groans that come with stretching, to hair that is gray or gone altogether. Ignore the cautiousness of their steps and the canes in their...

The Amazing Somchai

from BBC News   Thai ‘Spider-Man’ to the rescue An unusual disguise has helped a Bangkok fireman rescue an eight-year-old boy who had climbed on to a third-floor window ledge, Thai police say. The firefighter dressed up as the comic book superhero...

T.J. Clark Has A Go At Pablo

from The Washington Post Shades of Meaning at First Blush Sunday, March 22, 2009; E06 To watch a great art thinker’s mind at work, we asked T.J. Clark to have a go at a Picasso that he hadn’t known before, an untitled still life from 1918. It hangs in the...