Las Vegas residents are outraged that free parking is disappearing on the Strip – LA Times
“Even the mob didn’t dream of charging people for parking on the Strip.” — Steve…
Month: December 2016
NYPL’s Most Popular Check Outs of 2016 | The New York Public Library
Over 25 million items are circulated through our network of libraries each year, and among…
Indiana University tech tool ‘Hoaxy’ shows how fake news spreads – CSMonitor.com
You can see Hoaxy here or direct at http://hoaxy.iuni.iu.edu/ Try a search on “Obama” and…
Remembering Vera Rubin, Who Made Dark Matter Matter : NPR
Scientist Vera Rubin made the theory of dark matter a reality and, many say, created…
Chris Matthews is America’s greatest champion of ‘Love Actually.’ So we watched it with him. – The Washington Post
See also, Love Actually… Is All Around ( Love Actually Intro) The “Hardball” host can’t…
Christmas | holiday | Britannica.com
Mythical? Santa Claus is *not* real??? “Christmas has also been a secular family holiday, observed…
FFF: The 2016 Holiday Season
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau] The Census Bureau presents holiday-related facts and figures from its collection…
You’ve Got Mail: Book Boxes Offer Novels And Novelty Items : NPR Ed : NPR
It’s OK if you haven’t heard of book box subscriptions. These relatively new services, available…
Comedies dominated the box office 30 years ago. Where are they now when we need them? – The Washington Post
“We’re in the midst of a comedy drought, at least on the big screen, and…
Friday Reads: 10 Classic Christmas Stories | JSTOR Daily
Editor’s note: If you follow the link, the stories are all open-access from JSTOR, and…
‘Christmas Days’ Is A Feast Of Stories — And Food : NPR
“I mean, we think we’re cynical and we’ve seen it all, we’re living in a…
What to Know About This Year’s Overlapping Christmas and Hanukkah Holidays | TIME
“The last time that this exact Christmas-Hanukkah overlap happened was in 1978, and next time…
