The Madness of King George

Some think it was due to arsenic poisoning, but the jury is still out.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/science/07/21/king.george.ap/index.html

Reading accounts of his alleged porphyria led me to research the disease, a variation of which I used in RULES OF CONFLICT.

The Madness of King George

Some think it was due to arsenic poisoning, but the jury is still out.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/science/07/21/king.george.ap/index.html

Reading accounts of his alleged porphyria led me to research the disease, a variation of which I used in RULES OF CONFLICT.

Curiouser and curiouser

Courtesy of Media Bistro, an interesting opinion piece by former NYT columnist Russell Baker on jailed former colleague Judith Miller.

http://www.tompaine.com/articles/20050721/why_was_miller_fit_to_print.php

Some journalists have expressed regret/concern/whatever that Miller wasn't receiving the outpouring of support they felt a colleague should receive at times like this. The info provided in this column could help explain why this is the case.

Curiouser and curiouser

Courtesy of Media Bistro, an interesting opinion piece by former NYT columnist Russell Baker on jailed former colleague Judith Miller.

http://www.tompaine.com/articles/20050721/why_was_miller_fit_to_print.php

Some journalists have expressed regret/concern/whatever that Miller wasn't receiving the outpouring of support they felt a colleague should receive at times like this. The info provided in this column could help explain why this is the case.

Books bought

Arrived in the mails today:

Mad Robins' POINT OF HONOUR (thanks to sartorias, who said many good things)

WITHOUT CONSCIENCE, a non-fiction work about psychopaths by Robert D Hare (because research needs must)

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (in which kaygo replaces the copy she misplaced ages ago)

and finally, JANE EYRE (because I've never read it).

Books bought

Arrived in the mails today:

Mad Robins' POINT OF HONOUR (thanks to sartorias, who said many good things)

WITHOUT CONSCIENCE, a non-fiction work about psychopaths by Robert D Hare (because research needs must)

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (in which kaygo replaces the copy she misplaced ages ago)

and finally, JANE EYRE (because I've never read it).