Yglesias:But in some ways the most interesting thing about the Spanish Flu is the extent to which its occurrence has been purged from our historical memory despite the fact that it was extraordinarily deadly—killing more people than World War One. But it’s barely mentioned in...
giants of 20th century letters
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, fair to say one of the most important voices of the 20th century, has passed. ...Trend: I was a little bothered by the obit's line that read "[his.