Some in Left Blogovia have taken exception to an egregiously inappropriate question Mr. Russert asked the candidates assembled: RUSSERT: Before we go, there’s been a lot of discussion about the Democrats and the issue of faith and values. I want…
Errol Morris has a blog over at the New York Times, to which he seems to post about once a month. A few days ago, he posted an essay called Which Came First, the Chicken or the Egg? (Part One)….
So, having read Cart and Cwidder, it seemed logical (nay, inevitable) that I would read Drowned Ammett, which I did. And I enjoyed it. The two books are set in the same world, in overlapping times. In this world, there…
Your Humble Blogger had enjoyed Cart and Cwidder when it was a Bedtime Book some years ago. I had picked it up for a reread at some point but failed to get into it, so I opened it with some…
Blake Hounshell over at Foreign Policy’s Passport blogs about The guys who matter when it comes to climate change, although it isn’t absolutely clear which guys matter. It might be Hilary Benn, the UK’s Secretary of State for Environment, Food…
In the business section of this morning’s Times, Brooks Barnes asks Disney Tolerates a Rap Parody of Its Critters. But Why? The background, for Gentle Readers who, like YHB, don’t really get YouTube and popular culture more generally, is that…
I haven’t finished reading Gordon Brown’s conference speech—for those unfamiliar with the current structures of British politics, this is somewhat akin to our Presidential candidates acceptance speeches at their party conventions, except it isn’t necessarily connected with an upcoming election,…
Gentle Readers who have enjoyed reading comments here on this Tohu Bohu by that Gentlest of Readers who signs himself Michael may be overjoyed to discover that he has, according to statute, custom and law, started his own damn blog….
So. Y’all know that I prefer not to link to Amazon, mostly because I’m pretentious, but also because I think Amazon is evil, and I’d prefer not to encourage Gentle Readers to purchase books from them. When I can, I’ll…
Boy, I really don’t have anything at all to say about Maskerade. Or about Terry Pratchett generally. Tolerabimus quod tolerare debemus,-Vardibidian….