From the monthly archives:

January 2008

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Why sci-fi is the last great literature of ideas: My latest Wired magazine column

Why sci-fi is the last great literature of ideas: My latest Wired magazine column

In the current issue of Wired magazine is my latest column …

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The murky demimonde of Amazon’s Top Reviewers.

The murky demimonde of Amazon’s Top Reviewers.
Full disclosure: It was late at night, in a fit of furtive self-Googling, that I discovered the first …

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Unfrozen Caveman Scholar [Open Caption]

Unfrozen Caveman Scholar [Open Caption]

[Scholar and activist Cornel West at this past weekend’s BET Awards in Washington; image via AP]

Steverino’s new line …

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Lewis Hyde describes modern culture much the way Oscar Wilde described a cynic: “A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

Lewis Hyde describes modern culture much the way Oscar Wilde described a cynic: “A man who knows the price of everything and the value of …

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