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Interesting Reading in the Interweb Tubes America the Possible: A Manifesto, Part I (“The hard truth is that our political system today is simply incapable of meeting the great challenges described here. What we have is third-rate governance at a time when the challenges we face require first-rate governance.”) (via) The Difference Between Public […] Open today’s Argus Leader and you’ll see a couple editorials on the “public’s right to know” in the local section. Go to the next section, though, and something is missing — today’s scheduled Doonesbury comic strip. Instead, the Argus ran an old strip. Where I come from — which is the same place as much […] There’s sparsity here for good reason. It isn’t because I was out of state a couple days last week. It’s the weather. If I can sit on my deck and read in the evening wearing a t-shirt and shorts on March 13, things are good wonderful. And, supposedly, there’s more in store. Knowing March and […] Interesting Reading in the Interweb Tubes Imagination & Community (“I am convinced that the broadest possible exercise of imagination is the thing most conducive to human health, individual and global.”) (via) Bookish Linkage The misanthrope’s guide to reading while traveling. The National Book Critics Circle Awards were announced this week. Since the shortlist was […] Creative or literary nonfiction has wide boundaries. Some contend it is nonfiction that happens to use the “styles and techniques” of literature while remaining true to the facts. In other words, writers don’t make things up, they style things up. Others believe those literary techniques include creating dialogue or giving characters various attributes or thoughts […] |
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