Printing Wikipedia, and Other News

“Printers,” from the Trousset encyclopedia, Paris, 1886–1891.

Spotted in the Times: our very own Sadie Stein (and her apartment) paying tribute to Laurie Colwin.
A German publisher wants to print Wikipedia—all 4,484,862 articles of it. The omnibus “would fill a bookcase that’s 32 feet long and 8 feet high. But not everyone thinks it’s a good idea.” I can’t imagine why.
Have we failed to utilize effective incentivizing techniques to promote greater linguistic clarity? In other words, are we losing the war against jargon?
The photographer Nancy Warner takes wistful pictures of abandoned farmhouses on the Great Plains.
In 1937, Richard Nixon applied to be a special agent in the FBI. He was not accepted. In a letter of recommendation, the dean of Duke Law School wrote that Nixon was “one of the finest young men, both in character and ability, that I have ever had the opportunity of having in classes.”
Want fast Internet? Go to the darkest depths of Norway, where there are more polar bears than people.