Liverpool
The Birth of American Finance
The Founders and Finance: How Hamilton, Gallatin, and Other Immigrants Forged a New Economy By Thomas K. McCraw (Harvard University Press, 485 pp., $35) READ MORE >>
Will Liverpool Ever Return to Glory?
Shootout in the U.K. Corral
Putting on the Shirt
The French team is heading home, ending the soap opera (As the Stomach Turns). Thankfully, they were in group A, and finished early, so we don’t have to listen to one embarrassing story after another. Au revoir, mes amis. I don’t know whether England will make it through or not. They should, but need to play much better than they have. There has been an abundance of analysis for the surprising lackluster play of the big European clubs—some interesting, mostly not, all rather speculative. READ MORE >>
The End of the Affair
On Twitter this afternoon we had some fun remembering French embarrassments in Africa: the Battle of the Nile, Fashoda, Mers El Kebir, Suez, Bocassa, Rwanda and now, of course, South Africa 2010. Flippant, obviously, but France's meltdown this tournament has been richly entertaining (the shame of it is that Les Bleus cannot meet England. Now *that* would be a perversely amusing moment of anti-entertainment). READ MORE >>
A Meditation on Loyalty
Zachary Roth and Luke Dempsey's eloquent and honest posts about the USA-England match raise interesting questions about the roles of identity, citizenship, and fandom. READ MORE >>
England vs. USA
As someone who, like Luke, grew up in England and now thinks of himself as an American, I can sympathize with his decision not to watch on Saturday, out of a feeling that there's just Too Much There. READ MORE >>
The Prisoner Intellectuals
Koestler: The Literary and Political Odyssey of a Twentieth Century Skeptic By Michael Scammell (Random House, 689 pp., $40) I. READ MORE >>
Get Back
John Lennon: The Life by Philip Norman (Ecco) READ MORE >>
McCartney III
Chaos and Creation in the Backyard Paul McCartney READ MORE >>
