I am not going to weigh in or expound on the Ten Commandments decisions at this point. The best discussion is probably over at SCOTUSblog. On a somewhat related note, here’s one self-help approach if you object to “In God We Trust” on currency. Discussion here lately is that a rec center will move […]
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Spare me! Mark Fuhrman — he of OJ trial fame — has a book coming out next week on “the untold story of Terri Schiavo’s death.” Wasn’t the woman’s death enough of a circus without importing some of the stink of the OJ carnival? Has no one the decency to leave this woman in […] Margaret Atwood is one of those authors who has written some excellent SF but is still well-accepted in “literary” circles. She had a piece in the arts section of last Friday’s The Guardian on why we need science fiction. The Agony Column has an interesting piece on how the SF Book Club’s mailings seem […] Sunday’s NYT has an interesting column on Bob Dylan’s Never-Ending Tour. (By the way, the Bill Wyman who wrote the column is a rock critic and Bill Wyman of the Rolling Stones once sent him a “cease and desist” letter to asking him to stop using the name.) The Blogcritics version of my review […] I was shocked to read in the local daily Thursday that not only did the Senate Intelligence Committee meet behind closed doors to discuss efforts to expand the Patriot Act, but “the text of the bill remains secret.” Seems to be something fundamentally wrong with the concept that legislation affecting all Americans can be […] |
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