The Fall 2009 issue of LTD arrived today, the cover a collaboration between Japanese pop artist Takashi Murakami and cultural renaissance man Hiroshi Fujiwara. While Jeff Staple’s interview with Fujiwara provided some insight into his enigmatic aura, it was the introduction to the feature “International Hustlers” that most caught my attention.
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Monthly Archive for September, 2009
In the September 2009 issue of The Atlantic, David Goldhill, a senior media and technology business executive, provides a refreshing analysis of the United States healthcare system. Two years ago his father, not yet retired, entered an American hospital to treat pneumonia. He would die from hospital-borne infection and disease five weeks later. [...]
In his cinematic debut Home Yann Arthus-Bertrand shifts the venue from outdoor gallery to the big screen, presenting two hours of stunning imagery worthy of his name. Glenn Close’s narration is a touch light on the science for my taste, so I paid her little heed and focused on Earth’s aerial beauty.