I’m trying to read 104 books this year. Here are some thoughts about the ones I read last week! (Well, since 1/1/2021). The Dark Forest, All Systems Red, Rules of Civility, and Pitch Dark.
Category: Pedantry
A Complete and Separate Thing
There’s a paragraph in Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House that stubbornly lodged itself in my craw a little more than a year ago, and I have been unable to unstick it since.
What Does “Free Speech” Mean?
(Repost from facebook to act as a sample)
"Free Speech" often means at least three different things, which makes communication tough if we're not clear what we're talking about.

