The second and concluding part of my new science fiction novelette, "Our Dependency on Foreign Keys," is available today at the online magazine Across the Margin. (Part One appeared yesterday.) When last we left our not-so-heroic hero Pell "Franny" Franziskaner, he was no closer than he
A brand-new story of mine, "Our Dependency on Foreign Keys," is available today at the online magazine Across the Margin. Or actually, the first half of this 11,000-word story is available today. The second half will go live tomorrow morning. And to be honest, it's
So, over on Facebook I opined that it's now time for Mr. Obama to get his ass in gear about global warming. I further opined that it was time to stop referring to it by the namby-pamby term "climate change" and get back to calling it
This morning is Plant a Tree day on WBEZ. If you pledge any amount today, they will plant a tree in your name anywhere in the world. "Anywhere?" said █████. (We often talk back to the radio in the morning.). "I want them to plant a tree in
If you're an American voter and you're still undecided today, please read this New Yorker editorial and think hard about it before you go to the polls: The Choice And to those of you for whom opposing abortion is the most important issue in this campaign,
Meanwhile, back in Chicago, we're going to Schuba's tonight for this week's Field Museum Café Science lecture, on ancient climate change. The speaker is the brother of one of █████'s coworkers. Science and beer, what could be better?
People spend so much time and effort agonizing over things that are imaginary. Yes, it happens with Star Wars and the Marvel universe too, not just with religious topics, but at least Star Wars fans know Star Wars is made up. I think. Man, what if all the brainpower we
Philadelphia Inquirer books editor Frank Wilson uses Cormac McCarthy as an excuse to peddle the rankest of bullshit in his column of yesterday: Of course, as D.H. Lawrence pointed out in the last book he wrote, Apocalypse, those who warn of apocalypse secretly crave it, the way puritans tend
Today's Google logo for Earth Day is pretty poignant.
Our favorite paper news digest, The Week, has published this week's issue on the web, for free, without a paper version: For one week only, The Week has published a full issue exclusively online, bringing a bonus issue to you at reduced impact to the environment. Not a
From the New York Times: From 2002 until this year, NASA's mission statement, prominently featured in its budget and planning documents, read: "To understand and protect our home planet; to explore the universe and search for life; to inspire the next generation of explorers ... as only NASA
Roger Ebert throws up his hands in response to readers who took issue with his review of An Inconvenient Truth: I cannot get into a scientific discussion here. There will be no end to it. All I can say is, the Gore documentary made a deep impression on me. I
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