Monthly Archives: March 2021

Notes and Quotes: Robert A. Heinlein’s BETWEEN PLANETS

Posted on Friday 5 March 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

This is the fifth of Heinlein’s so-called “juveniles,” what would be called YA (young adult) books today, that Heinlein published from the late 1940s to the early 1960s. I posted about the second of them, SPACE CADET, here last year, … Continue reading →

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Notes and Quotes: Richard Dawkins’ UNWEAVING THE RAINBOW

Posted on Friday 5 March 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

Here is a middle-period book by the Oxford scientist whose writing mostly focuses on evolution; this one is an exception. Its topic is the beauty of science, how science addresses the “appetite for wonder,” and how people who don’t understand … Continue reading →

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Links and Comments: 2 March 2021

Posted on Tuesday 2 March 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

Too many choices; Republican deregulation; Free-market consequences in Texas; Conspiracy theory driven political parties.

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Link and Comments: A Better Way to Think About Conspiracies

Posted on Tuesday 2 March 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

Ross Douthat suggests a tool kit for discriminating among conspiracy theories, which have always been among us.

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Infrastructure Notes, March 2021

Posted on Monday 1 March 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

My ongoing project is to reread (or read the first time in some cases), the essential novels and short story collections by the essential science fiction writers of the past 70 or 80 years. I’ve been focusing on the 1950’s … Continue reading →

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