In 2009, Houston hip hop star Slim Thug rapped, “Hard times got the whole United States stressin’/ I’m writin’ a book, how to survive in a recession.” That was not a thing that he meant literally…at the time. But people asked about the book, and then they kept asking, and besides, there was a certain cachet to be gained. So someone in the rapper’s management team reached out to Di Angelo Publications and a few months and minimal edits later—”He’s a dirty south rapper,” Di Angelo’s Rebecca Walton told The Observer.”He wanted to keep it in his vernacular but make sure it was translatable to the layman”—Mr. Thug was a book author. The book is available on Amazon. Some brief excerpts below: Read More

Twice in this election cycle, Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation donated $1 million to a GOP-aligned advocacy group. Politico reported last night that over the summer Mr. Murdoch donated $1 million to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which is leading an advertising push for Republican candidates in the midterm elections.

Earlier this summer, Mr. Read More

“Students walk on the University of California at Berkeley campus — perhaps unaware of the pitfalls that await them if they choose the wrong major.”

—Photo caption from a New York Daily News article revealing art and social work to be unprofitable pursuits.

As all who have schlepped a bag of rejects to Beacon’s Closet know, attempting to sell one’s old stuff can be a disappointing excercise.

New York offers readers a guide to what they can expect to earn, for books at least. The magazine brought The Sun Also Rises, Blink, and The Imperfectionists Read More