Tank Man of Tiananmen
James Fallows at The Atlantic:
I am guessing that you will see no real-time TV reports from the Tiananmen Square area today, and little or no photography. This is based on personal experience there last night, China time, which also leads to personal advice for anyone in Beijing thinking of going there today.
During [...]
Rachel Leow makes me feel better about my books and boxes of stuff I’ve gathered through the years:
Only Collect; that is to say, collect everything, indiscriminately. You’re five years old. Don’t presume too much to know what’s important and what isn’t. Photocopy journal articles, photograph archives; create bibliographies, buy books; make notes on every article [...]
J. Russell Coffey, one of only three living American veterans of World War One, passed away yesterday at the age of 109. Related: NYT: Over There - and Gone Forever
New York Times’s Richard Rubin on Frank Buckles, the last surviving American fighting veteran of World War I:
BY any conceivable measure, Frank Buckles has led an extraordinary life. Born on a farm in Missouri in February 1901, he saw his first automobile in his hometown in 1905, and his first airplane at the Illinois State Fair [...]