Libertarian children's books, from The Hobbit to Heinlein. Update: Man, I hadn't thought about Galt's Gulch in a long time. For those of you who haven't wasted hours of your life on Atlas Shrugged, Galt's …
His new book, Authentically Black, is available at Cody's now and has landed him on today's Forum with Michael Krasny (KQED 88.5FM in San Francisco, 10-11am). McWhorter also makes it into Slate's yea-or-nay-on-war roundup, where …
The trip plans have solidified. I'm going to Washington, DC, and will stay in the DC area, arriving the night of March 25th and leaving the afternoon of the 30th. I'll get to meet a …
Snatches of songs lend superficial symbolism to my internal monologue. Leonard's new almost-finished opus, The Whiskey Rebellion Activity Zone, or WRAZ. WRAZ would be an East Coast station specializing in obscure and grandiose threats -- …
Leonard and I shared a Googlewhack with Adam over brunch on Sunday. He momentarily thought that we should have rot13'd it.
As you know if you've met me, I sometimes enjoy socializing. This snarky article, like other pro-introvert books and articles I've recently seen, concentrates on the "we're so persecuted, everyone else is a boor" angle …
Zed relays scary news on the Cult Awareness Network. Don't trust them.
Yesterday I finally got to substantively hang out with my school-friend Sarah. We've both changed in the nine years since we met, but then again we haven't. We brunched, visited yard sales and the Ashby …
My town of Satellite reminds me that someone recently searched for "speed of seattlite spinning around earth" and hit my site. Are there any residents of Seattle currently orbiting Earth?
I am introduced to a stranger as "a comic." "You're a comic? Really?" "Yes. Actually, I'm Beetle Bailey." A stranger points to my tie. "Tie?" he asks. "No, I'm Indian." By the way, Beetle Bailey …
