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Abhay Khosla: The sordid origin of Skippy peanut butter. No, really–a heartbreaking post.

Alias Clio: Something I would not have noticed: “Rather like War and Peace, or Gone With the Wind, it opens with a party. Indeed, as with most ‘social novels’, much of the book’s action takes place at parties–at least, that portion of it which does not happen in staff quarters or on the battlefield.”

Church of the Masses: Abp Niederauer on Flannery O’Connor: “…the Christian realist’s hope that this time it might be better, but not easily, and not likely for long.”

Daniel Mitsui: A glorious foot; and mummies.

For Keats’ Sake: Some acute comments on “The Paschal Four” (my take here).

Hit & Run: “In a new report, the Government Accountability Office cites ‘thousands of allegations of abuse, some of which involved death,’ in ‘residential treatment programs’ for ‘troubled youth.’ The report was released yesterday at a House hearing where the parents of Aaron Bacon, a teenager who died at a Utah boot camp in 1994, testified.” (more)

Sean Collins: More Bowie sketchbook. Includes glam-rock smoke rings.