The Daily Populous

If there’s one thing The Da Vinci Code’s Dan Brown and “The Library of Babel”’s Jorge Luis Borges have in common it is a love for obscure religious and occult books and artifacts.

Brown, the Ritman notes, “is a great admirer of the library and visited on several occasions while writing his novels The Lost Symbol and Inferno.”

Just above, see a trailer for a documentary about the Ritman, founded by businessman Joost R. Ritman in 1984. »

Trump Ordered Mueller Fired, but Backed Off When White House Counsel Threatened to Quit Image Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel overseeing the Russia investigation.

After receiving the president’s order to fire Mr. Mueller, the White House counsel, Donald F. McGahn II, refused to ask the Justice Department to dismiss the special counsel, saying he would quit instead, the people said.

The White House has denied nearly a dozen times since June that Mr. Trump was considering firing Mr. Mueller. »

Mr. Watterson himself has avoided the spotlight ever since, becoming, as one fellow cartoonist calls him, “the Sasquatch of cartoonists.”

In late 2007, Schroeder began interviewing fans of the comic in search of some sense of its cultural impact.

Dear Mr. Watterson goes back to the roots of Watterson’s life in the small town of Chagrin Falls, Ohio. »

The Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee (BDAC) was set up by the FCC last year and is now releasing draft versions of its recommendations.

One member—the mayor of San Jose, California—quit the group today out of frustration that the recommendations favor the interests of private industry over municipalities.

The problem "became particularly apparent at our most recent meeting in Washington, DC," San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo told FCC Chairman Ajit Pai in his resignation letter. »