My former (and perhaps future) editor Adam Keiper reviews Jonah Goldberg’s new book
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Juanita Broaddrick
…commemorates a terrible anniversary.
There is a whole young generation that has no idea how immoral and corrupt Bill and Hillary Clinton are. Now that the ice has been broken with Chappaquidick, I’d like to see a mini-series on their crimes in the 90s that the media refused to cover at the time.
Rocket Billionaires And Space Barons
Walter Isaacson reviews both Chris Davenport’s
I’ve read both, and while there’s a lot of commonality, they’re complementary.
“Super” Planets
Would aliens on more massive bodies be trapped there by gravity?
I don’t know, isn’t that why God gave us stages?
Earth is an intelligence test: Small enough that leaving the planet with chemical rockets is possible, but big enough that it’s very very difficult. https://t.co/ofpo0k26xA pic.twitter.com/44w1AzVsFX
— Stephen Fleming (@StephenFleming) April 23, 2018
Candace Owens
Now I understand why Obama thought that Kanye West was “a jackass.” It’s because he doesn’t march in lockstep with the Left and the grievance industry.
[Monday-morning update]
On the other hand, Cathy Young isn’t impressed with Candace (to say the least).
Oh, sorry. Candace. I followed her activities at the time of her previous venture.https://t.co/tzK3xsYm5uhttps://t.co/01OSoc13T9https://t.co/5UBJo5EyDl
— Cathy Young (@CathyYoung63) April 23, 2018
SJW SF Follies
I’m back in the states, (back to Florida for a couple days, then back to CA on Friday), and I woke up to this story from Sarah Hoyt over the latest mau mauing of the left against a sane SF writer.
I grew up reading SF in the sixties; I don’t know what happened to it. The Left apparently has to corrupt and rot everything it touches.
Writing Science Fiction
A guideline to how to woke-ify it, from Frank Fleming (who has a new book out), over at Sarah Hoyt’s place.
[Update a few minutes later]
Yes, this is a problem I’ve always had, too:
This one is going to be harder for some than others. Sarah Hoyt has been pretty good about this, while I have always struggled. But if at all possible, when you sit down to write, don’t be a straight white male. It’s not that there’s anything wrong with being a straight white male — you were born that way, no fault of your own — it’s just that everyone hates you. So stop it.
I don’t think I’m even going to work on that one.
[Update a couple minutes later]
Sarah has some blurbs about the book.
Leftists In The Mist
A harrowing expedition deep into Clinton country.
Thai Cuisine
The surprising reason there are so many Thai restaurants in America. Does any other country do this?
The Warning From Elon At SXSW
The first Mars visitors will probably die. Of course, we’re all going to die somewhere.
As I note in the book, it’s very unlikely that the Shackleton ad was real. If it had been published in a London broadsheet, it would have been spelled “honour.”
[Update a couple minutes later]
And per usual, a lot of ignorance and stupidity in comments over there.