Book Report: The Wreckage of Agathon

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I am aware that John Gardner was a bit of an asshole. That doesn’t bother me much. I can like John Gardner and John Barth. I’m postmodern that way. Also, when somebody puts on his business card Prof. John C….

Book Report: The Last Colony

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It appears that if you search this Tohu Bohu for entries that contain the string “scalzi”, you will find a list of 28 entries. Twenty-eight. It’s like YHB has a crush on him or something. Which is not true, by…

Book Report: The Chewing-Gum Rescue

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It seems I haven’t written a Puff Piece about my favorite picture-book writer, Margaret Mahy. I recently read a collection of her not-picture-book stories called The Chewing-Gum Rescue and other stories, and the quality was mixed. The title story was…

Sullying a good name

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So. The Economist has a blog on “life and art” called Moreover. It appears to be utterly worthless. What’s that about? They have guest posts from Diane and Michael Ravitch about … well, the first one is about Cultural vandalism…

Topple the statues!

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Possibly the best meme ever, courtesy of Tyler Green over at the Modern Art Notes blog: name three U.S. politicians and the works of art to which I’d like to see them chained (the reference is to Italy, and if…

“The fascinating finish had been brewing for four days now, as the match gathered intrigue and tension.”

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“Around about half-past-three this afternoon, the thrill returned to English Test cricket”, writes Andy Bull for the Guardian. “It was one of those gripping moments when Test matches come into their own; people in offices give up any pretence to…

not enough seats

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The article called Senate tied in knots by filibusters, by Margaret Talev for McClatchy Newspapers, has been the subject of some discussion in Left Blogovia, as it shows that (a) the filibuster, or rather the threat of filibuster and demand…