This week I read about...
- Iris Apfel, the 90 year old style maven who's selling her own fashion line on Home Shopping Network. Makes the slightly-sobering prospect of turning 40 feel kind of... GREAT: At 90, Fashion's Latest Pop Star.
- the NYPD, where they're evidently building their own version of the CIA from the inside out. Civil liberties are something librarians think about pretty often -- for example, my Board discussed and adopted the Library Bill of Rights and the Freedom to Read Statement. Even in my Mayberry-like neck of the woods we see things like the Hutaree militia. Is this going to be the new trend in policing? NYPD CIA Anti-Terror Operations Conducted In Secret For Years.
- the difference between the government's budget and your household budget -- when talking about the national debt, I think it's good to realize they're not the same kind of thing: Why Austerity Hurts at Get Rich Slowly.
- how hurricanes get their names. I always kind of wondered why we named them, and why the names were so specific. Why Do Hurricanes Have Names? at history.com.
Busy weekend ahead! Lucky for us, though, it's going to be full of sunshine and cool blue skies and outdoorsy type things.
