Monthly Archives: August 2007

I get at least one email per day from MEMRI–The Middle East Media Research Institute. Some of them are encouraging, with word of rational people behaving rationally. But too often, it is very discouraging. If the extremists were a small … Continue reading →

If you have Google Earth (and if you don’t have it, you really need to get it) be sure to download the latest update. Google has teamed with the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, the science operations center for … Continue reading →

In an otherwise intriguing analysis of the writings of the science fiction author Philip K. Dick Blows Against the EmpireThe return of Philip K. Dick, Adam Gopnik writing in the New Yorker comments: In “Clans of the Alphane Moon,” he … Continue reading →

Interesting thought from Glenn Reynolds at TCS Daily: The 25th anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death has passed, and news reports have stressed his continuing influence on music, culture, and race relations. But those reports have missed Elvis’s greatest achievement: as … Continue reading →

My editor told me that my book, The Bible’s Most Fascinating People, due to be released January 10, 2008 by Reader’s Digest (and currently available for pre-order on Amazon.com) was being sent to a “repro house” on August 16 or … Continue reading →