Reading news online
Interesting study from Stanford and Poynter in which they put sophisticated eye-tracking devices on people reading news sites (not newsgroups)...
“We’re now in orbit”
No, it's not a "Major Tom" flashback, it's a successful-so-far (knock on wood) NASA mission to Mars, at long last....
More Kingsolver
Another good opinion piece from Barbara Kingsolver, this one in the LA Times: "No Glory in Unjust War on the...
More Songs About Liberty and Security
A telling Wall Street Journal article titled "Security Comes Before Liberty," by Jay Winik, describes the actions of the Adams,...
To prepare a face to meet the faces that you meet
I've been meaning to write about the weekend of the 13th and 14th for a week now. On Friday I...
No reading!
Turns out that carrying certain kinds of novels can make you so suspicious that airlines won't let you fly. See...
Stories
I've been reading a lot lately. Stories for the magazine, of course. And I've stolen a few guilty hours here...
Plotz
Here's a start at a list of the Standard Horror Plots that we receive frequently (and wish we didn't). Main...
Rhetorical question
Why o why do authors persist in sending us predictable horror stories that contain no speculative elements at all?...
Freedom of speech
I think most Americans are unaware of the existing limitations on freedom of speech. I used to think that freedom...
Suspending the Constitution
An excellent article at FindLaw about the role of the Constitution during wartime. The gist of the article can be...
Fear itself
No, my terrorism discussion is still to come. For now, just pointing you to Jon Carroll on why we shouldn't...