August 2020
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I've said it many times. Now with incidents like the one that just happened in Kenosha, Wisconsin, we are sliding closer to factions battling in the streets. Neo-neocon's post has a good overview of what is currently known, with links to more information and analysis. Addendum: And now a "fascist" has been shot in Portland.
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Having finally read this well-known and so-often-recommended book, I'm sorry to say that I was a little disappointed in it. It's not that there is anything wrong with its actual contents–it's a good book, and I recommend it–but that the contents aren't quite what I was expecting. I assumed that the topic named in the…
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I have a feeling that nobody who read my post about this series last November watched it. But in case you did, or in case you still might, but haven't yet seen season 3: well, it is my sad duty to tell you that it's…frustrating. At best. I'm not saying "sad" as a formality. I…
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…people would stop saying "science" when they mean "research," presumably scientific research. As in "The science shows that…"
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I didn't at first include the stuff in parentheses. I added it because of course there is no single explanation for what's gone wrong, and it is going very, very wrong. But this is one important factor. I'm sure I've remarked on it before, though it would be difficult for me to search out any…
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I know I can be pedantic, but I like to think I'm not excessively so. I deny that I'm a grammar Nazi. I understand that language is constantly shifting, and that this is not necessarily a bad thing. Some departures from standard grammar–I hesitate even to say "correct," so wary am I of being overly…
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"Visited" as opposed to "revisited," which is what most people who are interested in this book are doing now if they are discussing it. It was published over thirty years ago, in 1987, and attracted a great deal of attention then. I was aware of it, and had a rough idea of what it was…
Light On Dark Water 