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 […]
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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 […] Interesting Reading in the Interweb Tubes No Words Should Be Banned (“Words have power – but silence is not the answer to undermine or overcome that power, if we disagree with what that power does.”) Ban This Book: An Uncensored Look At The Lorax And Other Dangerous Books (“Since the dominant ideology of the […] |
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