Bruce, Pinsky, Fark
Speaking of Jesuits, a recent Luckytown Digest had a good post about a Springsteen-fan Jesuit at Fordham University. Scroll down to the "bruce in church" e-mail to read it. There were a few interesting, 9/11-related follow-ups in the subsequent digest as well.
Speaking of September 11, some for-a-time-lost bookmarks deserve mention. First, way back in early September this year, former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky wrote a thoughtful piece for Slate about poetry and the terror attacks. The article doesn't rush to judgment, but instead arrives there after travelling through a few poems. I give Pinsky a lot of respect because he seems to understand the world both as a poet and as an average, verse-disinclined human being. Plus, I saw him dance once. (He could groove.)
For a far less poetic but more immediate look at reaction to the attacks, read this archive from Fark.com. The site's content is varied almost to the point of indescription; its community and moderators post links throughout each day to interesting news articles and Web pages. (Note to the easily offended: Some aren't appropriate but most are.)
Fark also has a comments area for each link, and that's where the archive is most amazing. Scroll through the comments, starting with the earliest one. You can almost see the streams of information passing by and tightening into history.
