Flogging Babel

. Those who read my blog on a regular basis know that I think that Josh Hitehens is a cultural treasure. Six years ago, Marianne and ...

. Carol Emshwiller has left the planet. She lived for almost a century yet her friends -- pretty much everybody who knew her -- agree...

. So it's a brand new year all over again! The Chinese New Year celebration always reminds me of when I was a young father and ...

. You've seen the runners-up. They were all worthy. In an ordinary year, any one of them could have  won. But this was no ordinary...

. The deliberations over this year's Godless Atheist Christmas Card  were prolonged and fierce. As mentioned in Part 1, cards cons...

. Every January, The Not At All Nepotistic Blue Ribbon Panel of Family (that may or may not be one up above) meets in solemn conclave ...

. You're absolutely right. The story you're working on sucks. It's terrible. It's unreadable. Worse than that, it's un...