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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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