Wednesday evening roundup

Lots of people may be wondering on paper, 'what the f* is up with Turkey??' but it means that much more when Tom Friedman writes it.

This Bloomsday, don't dismiss the importance of the humanities.

Sargent slams Gerson and Dowd over their commentary on Obama's oil spill response.

This description of DC roads and traffic is priceless:

At one of the least-loved intersections in the District, you must go right if you'd like to turn left, you have to go right and left if you want to go straight and there are two ways to turn left that weren't allowed before Monday...

Traffic control officers on the scene helped, but the intersection is one of the more despicable outcomes from 18th-century urban designer Pierre L'Enfant's notion to overlay angled roads on the checkerboard street grid common to most cities.

Thus, New York and Florida is a cacophony of odd angles that marries five streets, requires more lights than a Christmas tree and routinely backs traffic up almost to the dark side of the moon.