Good stuff on the internet
An occasionally updated list
ProPublica: "Investigative journalism with moral force."
John Moore: Photographer, witness to history, mensch.
Brooklyn Fishing Club: Uniting urban anglers everywhere.
Judy Holliday on What's My Line?
Boing Boing: Still the best group blog out there.
Daryl Davis: A black musician who "converts" racists.
Viking kittens: "Our only goal will be the western shore."
Natalie Angier: A science writer with humor and edge.
'Too Late to Turn Back Now': That amazing, joyous dance scene from Spike Lee's BlacKKKlansman.
Theodore Roethke: A great, tough, tender American poet.
Joe Donnelly: LA-based writer, editor, starter, finisher.
The American Library Association: Aiming "to enhance learning and to ensure access to information for all."
Library of America: Great books by great American writers.
Voyager's Golden Record: A time capsule "intended to communicate a story of our world to extraterrestrials."
JaneGoodall.org: "She blazed the trail."
The charming weirdness of twisted bi-layer graphene: An excellent article on a "magic" material.
"Death of a Pig": A 1948 essay by E.B. White that somehow gets better with age.
Bill Ray: Late, great LIFE magazine photographer and storyteller.
Esquire Classic: From a vast archive, Alex Belth's selection of stories "that reflect what's going on now."
Bonus Belth! Bronx Banter: Alex's excellent, long-lived blog.
Paul Goldberger: Pulitzer-winning architecture critic.
Seamus Heaney recites his poem, "Whatever You Say, Say Nothing."
Creamsicle Blue: An unsentimental, impressionistic gem from Mike DeCapite.
The Nature Conservancy: Fighting the good fight.
Science writer Carl Zimmer's thoughtful advice for beginning writers.
"Starry Night": A Jean-François Millet painting that might have inspired Van Gogh's swirly masterpiece.
An occasionally updated list
ProPublica: "Investigative journalism with moral force."
John Moore: Photographer, witness to history, mensch.
Brooklyn Fishing Club: Uniting urban anglers everywhere.
Judy Holliday on What's My Line?
Boing Boing: Still the best group blog out there.
Daryl Davis: A black musician who "converts" racists.
Viking kittens: "Our only goal will be the western shore."
Natalie Angier: A science writer with humor and edge.
'Too Late to Turn Back Now': That amazing, joyous dance scene from Spike Lee's BlacKKKlansman.
Theodore Roethke: A great, tough, tender American poet.
Joe Donnelly: LA-based writer, editor, starter, finisher.
The American Library Association: Aiming "to enhance learning and to ensure access to information for all."
Library of America: Great books by great American writers.
Voyager's Golden Record: A time capsule "intended to communicate a story of our world to extraterrestrials."
JaneGoodall.org: "She blazed the trail."
The charming weirdness of twisted bi-layer graphene: An excellent article on a "magic" material.
"Death of a Pig": A 1948 essay by E.B. White that somehow gets better with age.
Bill Ray: Late, great LIFE magazine photographer and storyteller.
Esquire Classic: From a vast archive, Alex Belth's selection of stories "that reflect what's going on now."
Bonus Belth! Bronx Banter: Alex's excellent, long-lived blog.
Paul Goldberger: Pulitzer-winning architecture critic.
Seamus Heaney recites his poem, "Whatever You Say, Say Nothing."
Creamsicle Blue: An unsentimental, impressionistic gem from Mike DeCapite.
The Nature Conservancy: Fighting the good fight.
Science writer Carl Zimmer's thoughtful advice for beginning writers.
"Starry Night": A Jean-François Millet painting that might have inspired Van Gogh's swirly masterpiece.