Mr Rinyo-Clacton’s Offer
When I turned on the lights the place came out of the darkness like an animal caught in the headlamps of a car. All the plants whose names I'd forgotten reproached me silently; the Russian vine looked moribund. 'Sorry,' I said. I filled a jug and poured water into the...
Jimmy Carter and the Energy Crisis of the 1970s
With the exception of preventing war, this is the greatest challenge our country will face during our lifetimes. The energy crisis has not yet overwhelmed us, but it will if we do not act quickly. It is a problem we will not solve in the next few years, and it is...
Blogging
Granovetter was interested in how ideas spread through communities, and argued that weak ties between individuals are more important than strong ties for the broad dissemination of information. His argument is fairly simple (though backed by considerable data and...
Forty Stories
Conversations with Goethe The English, Goethe said in parting, are the shining brown varnish on the sad chiffonier of civilization. Lieutenant Whitby blushed most noticeably.
Gravity’s Rainbow
'Mother,' that's a civil-service category, Mothers work for Them! They're the policemen of the soul...