More odd links

The posting will improve shortly, I promise. In the mean time, enjoy these odd links:

• No surprise, John Grisham is no fan of literature.
• One of the greatest minds of the last century, Alan Turing, finally gets an apology from the UK.
• The politics of journal editing. (HT to MR).
• I had no idea about a dam catastrophe in Russia. Boston Globe has some amazing pictures.