Department of Weekend Reading: March 7, 2014

Here’s what Putin doesn’t understand.
Current record for a New York City taxi medallion: just under $1 million.
When empires retreat: The new new world order.
The hunt for the lost white male Democratic voter.
James Ellroy: “I hate hipsters, I hate liberals, I hate rock’n’rollers, I hate the counter-culture, I hate movie people. I want to go somewhere quiet, peaceful and decorous, and be radical in my mind.”
Adam Driver as Boris, and other casting ideas for The Goldfinch: The Movie .
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