Loose Links:
Mixed Grill
31 May 2013

¶ “Keep Your Eye on Oman,” warns geographer Robert Kaplan. With the development of its Indian Ocean ports, Oman will increase its strategic importance in global trade; it is also ruled by a benevolent despot. Why not take a moment to find it on the map? (RealClearWorld)

Seven things that Bill Morris would ban if he were elected mayor of New York City. (He’s not running.) We’ve thought about forbidding tourists, too — why not recreate Times Square in New Jersey somewhere? (With a subway to the parking lot.) But we wouldn’t dream of taking on dogs. (The Millions)

¶ Also at The Millions, a list of cookbooks to read. We wonder where Hannah Gersen got her copy of Venus in the Kitchen.

¶ At Eton College, an essay question about what a prime minister ought to do to quell anarchy in 2040 is not so hypothetical. More than a third of Britain’s prime ministers have been Old Etonians. (LRB blog)

Scout finds a time machine, in the Bronx no less. (Scouting New York)

 

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31 May 2013

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