Interesting Reading in the Interweb Tubes
- Considering Jan. 6 and what the Republican Party wants to be (“[M]y state is becoming a place I no longer recognize. And not a better place.”)
Nonbookish Linkage
- The January 6 coup attempt and Christian nationalism and conservative Christian religions
- The 2021 Word of the Year is “insurrection” (a list of the nominations)
- The Black man whose case produced “separate but equal” (Plessy v. Ferguson) receives a pardon
- Should “witches” get posthumous pardons?
- The real science of the multiverse
- When you could insure against paying your insurance premium/li>
- The story of the what’s believed to be first fatal injury in a railway accident
- A history of hobbies in America
- It seems evident to me: dogs can distinguish between human languages
- The Dominican monk who became a pirate
- The origin of American murder media
Bookish Linkage
- A compilation of 2021’s best book covers
- The difference between a memoir and an autobiography
Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
Isaac Asimov, Foundation
