In the last week of the year, many media outlets slack off a bit, opting for lots of year end lists and retrospectives. Fortunately NPR had several interesting new stories today, only one of which involves a list:
- As part of the running “Best Books of 2008” series, there’s a list of five books about marriage that came out in the last year. I’ve only read one, Curtis Sittenfeld’s awesome “American Wife”. It’s based on Laura Bush, and even though it’s fiction, it made me kind of love her a little bit. There’s even a printable list of NPR’s complete holiday book recommendations. Unfortunately, Matthew is going to get kind of mad at me if I don’t finish the 15 books I got for Christmas before I bring any more home.
- Today’s Obvious Award goes to a story with the headline “Michelle Obama is a style icon.” Um, no crap. She’s pretty, she’s smart, and she’s a total Jackie Onassis for our time. Another one for the obvious files: “Tolerance can lower gay kids’ suicide risk.”
- John Ridley looks back on things that, in retrospect, were so not even a big deal. I think there are more things that probably could have made the list, Bristol Palin included.
- Lastly, stupid Story Corps made me tear up again with this story about a man who treats his mugger right. We should all be so kind in the new year.
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