Wes Phillips

And that wobbly table will become stable. There's a proof.

Well, Wired tackles 40 of 'em. The other two are up to us.

Evan Thomas and Jeffrey T. Richelson have written books that chart the CIA's legacy of arrogant wrongheadedness.

Speaking of great jazz websites, Rod from Loughborough has a dandy 'un in wordsandmusic. It's just what the title says: thoughtful words on music Rod likes, linked to examples, deep references, and videos.

What a combination, as Forums participant jazzfan would say. I just discovered Destination: OUT, a website that posts MP3s of out of print jazz discs. Lots of good stuff there. Play nice.

I enjoy reading science writer Carl Zimmer and browse his website The Loom frequently. The post I link to below is a great example why.

The list of poetry editors with whom I am not familiar is not a short one, but until I read this appreciation of Al Alvarez in The Scotsman, I only knew his name from my tattered copy of The New Poetry—a book that lived on the transmission hump of my 'lime green 69 Plymouth Valiant and got quite a workout as I waited (endlessly) for my waitress girlfriend to get off shift at the IHOP.