Daily Archives: November 24, 2007

To think that realistic fiction is by definition superior to imaginative fiction is to think imitation is superior to invention. Ursula K. Le Guin, The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination … Continue reading →

In exchange for peace with Egypt, Israel gave back the entire Sinai peninsula, including the only oil wells that Israel had. Israel wants peace more than just about anything and is willing to do just about anything in order to … Continue reading →

According to the American Heritage Dictionary: Paranoia, noun, A psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution with or without grandeur, often strenuously defended with apparent logic and reason. The British newspaper The Telegraph reports (via New Scientist): Forget about the … Continue reading →

The sun was setting, throwing a fog-like dusk across the stream and trees, and there was a coolness in the air. It was time, I knew, to be getting back to camp. But I did not want to move. For … Continue reading →