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Because I was not the President.*
First they flew to watch for illegal immigrants, and I did not speak out— Because I was not an illegal immigrant. Then they flew to look for marijuana farms, and I did not speak out— Because I was not...
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Knowing what we don’t know.
Two brief news items in the last day or so illustrate just *how much* fundamental knowledge we don’t have about our own biology. The first is this good article from Wired about building a comprehensive...
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Promising developments.
It’s been seven and a half years since my mother-in-law passed away from Alzheimer’s. A couple years later, we published Her Final Year. Since then I have kept an eye on ongoing research concerning the...
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Just one problem …
She stood there before the large table at one end of the closed hanger. The whole space was brilliantly illuminated by the lights high overhead, but additional work lights illuminated the piece of...
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I hate to say ‘I told you so’, but …
Last week I wrote the following excerpt from St Cybi’s Well: Megan came out of the bedroom, dressed, but still toweling her hair. “Done. Bathroom’s all yours. What did the BBC have to say?” Darnell...
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Penny for the Guy?*
Hmm. Perhaps it’s time to invest in companies which make those Guy Fawkes masks … Even better, we can set up an investment fund which holds stock in companies which make yarn, knitting needles, Maalox,...
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Caring for demented America.
The eighty-something man fumbled with the pocket knife he had carried his whole life. His hands trembled with age, rage, and fear, but if the hulking stranger refused to leave his house, well, then by...
View Article“In the before time.”
Some variation of the phrase “in the before time(s)” has been a staple of post-apocalypse Science Fiction for so long that it’s a well-deserved cliche, mocked even by South Park. Usually invoked by...
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Why on Earth would you want to read a novel about a pandemic during a pandemic? Or why would you want to dive into a world where America is a dystopia of racial hatred and theocratic overreach when...
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This one’s fiction ( Specifically, from Chapter XIV of Stranger in a Strange Land ): The man said, “What is your interest in Gilbert Berquist?” Jubal answered with pained patience, “I wish to speak to...
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