Gawker.com snarks all over John Grogan, author of the freakishly popular Marley: A Dog Like No Other, Marley and Me, and several other Marley-related tomes. It seems Grogan's old employer, the Philadelphia Inquirer, is republishing his old columns, which they own, without paying him. To add insult to unremunerated injury, the cover features a dog, … Continue reading No Dogs Allowed

The New York Times has a review today of Robert Frank's Richistan: A Journey Through the American Wealth Boom And the Lives of the New Rich. It's fun for stoking your sense of outrage, both economic and aesthetic. Alligator-skin toilet seats for your private jet, anyone?But don't be jealous; all is not well in Have-land. … Continue reading M-O-N-E-Y

Slate.com has published two excerpts from the new book Death of a Dissident: Alexander Litvinenko and the Demise of Russian Democracy. The book describes the poisoning last November of Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko. It's written by Alex Goldfarb and Litvinenko's widow Marina.Part OnePart Two