Friday, November 6, 2015
Did You Read __________? / News Did you read about Ben Carson, Bruce Willis, and Van Morrison?
Posted By Reader staff on 11.06.15 at 11:39 AM
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Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, alarm, amuse, or inspire us.
Hey, did you read:
• That Ben Carson was never offered a scholarship to West Point Academy, nor did he ever apply there? —Tal Rosenberg
• About actual, knowledgeable archeologists explaining to Ben Carson that, no, Joseph didn't build the pyramids to hold grain? (For one thing, they aren't hollow.) —Tony Adler
• About Canada's new Sikh defense chief, a combat veteran who fought in Afghanistan? —Michael Miner
• That Liverpool, England, just opened some fast-walking pedestrian lanes to nudge tourists and slow pokes to one side of the pavement? (Alas, 'tis but a marketing stunt.) —Ryan Smith
• About the "untold history" of black and Asian actors performing Shakespeare in the UK? —Tony Adler
• About the man who is carving his 20-year prison diary onto the surfaces of ostrich eggshells? —Aimee Levitt
• How a start-up, backed by Disney, will help control family screen time? —Sue Kwong
• That Bruce Willis is one of a bunch of big-name actors who get electronic line feeds on Broadway? —Tony Adler
• Stephen Thomas Erlewine on Van Morrison's Astral Weeks? —Tal Rosenberg
• The Tumblr Shit People Say to Women Directors (& Other Women in Film)? —Kate Schmidt
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