Reading matters

Not done this for a bit. Of interest:

The Wars of the Texas Succession, by Paul Krugman (2004): New York Review of Books

Humanity's Ground Zero -- Turning a Planet into a Slum, interview with Mike Davis: Tomdispatch (1)
Green Zones and Slum Cities -- The Imperial City and the City of Slums, interview with Mike Davis: Tomdispatch (2)

Classical music, the love of my life, by Armando Iannucci: Guardian