Letter from Birmingham Jail
Yesterday someone linked to Martin Luther King's Letter from Birmingham Jail, and I realized that I had never read it...
Archive for History
The historical accuracy defense
Fairly often in discussions of sf, especially in discussions of epic fantasy, fans use the idea of historical accuracy to...
Talking Union
In the version of “Talking Union” that's on Pete Seeger's Greatest Hits, Seeger explains the origin of the song. I...
America’s Stonehenge, alpacas, and leaf-peeping
On Monday, Julia and I set out for a leaf-peeping expedition to New Hampshire. I had spent a while looking...
Survivor of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Happened across this article a couple weeks ago: "The Luckiest or Unluckiest Man in the World? Tsutomu Yamaguchi, double A-bomb...
The Matter of America
Rich Horton, who reads just about all the short sf published every year, has just posted his annual year-end summary...
Jane Addams and Hull-House
At the end of Kriti, there was a music concert next door; I walked over with Mary Anne, but when...
Book-shifting day, plus the Chicago Seven trial
This morning, I went over to Pam & Arthur's to help them move furniture and books; they're rearranging a bunch...
Freedom of speech
I think most Americans are unaware of the existing limitations on freedom of speech. I used to think that freedom...