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Weekend Edition: 8-19

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My review of The Irrationalist has been republished at BookGlow

Interesting Reading in the Interweb Tubez

America At The End of All Hypotheticals (“…despicable speech is protected by the First Amendment, and should remain so.”)

The Fallout From Sportswriting’s Filthiest Fuck-Up (“A butchered score? Not such a big deal. An underage soccer […]

American regression

Every day the onslaught continues, more and more straw falling on the camel’s back. And Trump lending aid and comfort to Nazis and racists is just further evidence that we’re backsliding from decades-old principles. This is especially so when both he and Congress want to deprive millions of health insurance and make sure corporations and […]

Weekend Edition: 8-12

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There’s been a couple additions to the Curmudgeon’s Gallery

Interesting Reading in the Interweb Tubez

How America Lost Its Mind (“We have passed through the looking glass and down the rabbit hole. America has mutated into Fantasyland.”)

W.W.E. the People (“Trump didn’t create the problem — he exploited it.”)

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Book Review: The Irrationalist by Andrew Pessin

Historical fiction is unique in several ways. In particular, while all fiction — at least good fiction — requires imagination and intelligence, historical fiction, according to bestselling author Alexander Chee, deals with “the plausibly hypothetical” and describes “what might have happened within what happened.” The constraints of real events, people and ways of life often […]

Weekend Edition: 8-5

Interesting Reading in the Interweb Tubez

The Real Legacy of Crazy Horse (“Official high-school graduation statistics for Pine Ridge are hard to come by, but one official estimated that, for every 100 children who enter kindergarten, just 30 will get their high-school diplomas.”)

Cogito Zero Sum (“Dangerous and stupid opinions are ‘normalized’ and given […]