Saturday, March 23, 2019

Saturday Stories: Artists' Deaths, "Nanny States", And Astral Weeks

Elizabeth Weil, in The New York Times Magazine, with a long read on former artist colony cultivator, and now on trial (starting in April) for 36 deaths, Max Harris.

John Coggon, John Middleton, Farhang Tahzib, and A.M. Viens, in the BMJ, on the "nanny state" logical fallacy.

Lindsay Zoladz, in The Ringer, on Van Morrison's masterpiece Astral Weeks and how at age 50, it's still finding new fans.