Daily Archives: October 22, 2020
Political (Dis)Engagement
Posted on October 22, 2020 103 Comments
Here’s a piece I’m thinking about today, in the New York Times: The Real Divide in America Is Between Political Junkies and Everyone Else. The opening grafs from the article: The common view of American politics today is of a clamorous divide between Democrats and Republicans, an unyielding, inevitable clash of harsh partisan polarization. But […]
The Big Idea: Elizabeth Bear
Posted on October 22, 2020 15 Comments
Things work… until they don’t. And when they don’t, what then? Elizabeth Bear has thoughts on this, and how they relate to her latest novel, Machine. ELIZABETH BEAR: Hello, everybody! Thanks for this moment of your time. I’m here to tell you about The Big Idea (or at least one or two of the big […]
Sunrise, Fog and Trees
Posted on October 22, 2020 4 Comments
Not a bad combination, I have to say. Hello, world. Let’s get to it, shall we? — JS
Whatever Everyone Else is Saying