Daily Office: Friday
¶ Matins: Ezra Klein (whom we only first heard about yesterday, has obtained a collection of charts that compare medical costs in the United States and elsewhere in the developed world. (Washington Post; via Marginal Revolution)
The health-care reform debate has done a good job avoiding the subject of prices.
¶ Lauds: Maria Popova writes about the strange mystery of the Toynbee Tiles. (Good)
¶ Prime: Jay Goltz considers his entrepreneurial constitution. (You’re The Boss)
¶ Tierce: In the summer of 1934, Wall Street lawyer Phelan Bouvier wrote to his wife, Edith, then summering as usual in East Hampton, to inform her of his dire economic situation. As an “Exchange Specialist,” Bouvier watched as his clients were mowed down, not by the Depression, but by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Thus was the stage set for Grey Gardens. (Letters of Note)
¶ Sext: Oy! Used caskets for sale, at craigslist. (You Suck at Craigslist)
¶ Nones: In a Milan court, 23 Americans have been convicted in absentia of kidnapping, and are considered fugitives in Italy. (NYT)
¶ Vespers: George Pelecanos’s introduction to the NYRB reprint of Don Carpenter’s 1966 Hard Rain Falling has been published at The Rumpus.
¶ Compline: We thought that women’s residences were a thing of the past. Not so! Hilary Stout writes about the Webster Apartments, the Brandon Residence. and even a place named after Joan of Arc. (NYT)