The Science Fictional Middle East Part II: the uncertain paradigm of Kurdistan
What would you say about a science fiction plot in which the US was providing money and training to a group of former Marxist-Leninists...
The Science Fictional Middle East Part II: the uncertain paradigm of Kurdistan
Envisioning a science fictional Middle East
Your thriller plot is dumb. ISIS did not almost kill with radioactivity.
Alternative facts: what we can learn from Holocaust denial
On the Everglades Part VI: The Sugar Scumbags Strike Back
Doctor Who just updated Descartes
Writing about social class in America
The moments that establish character
On the Everglades Part V: If there is consensus on what needs doing, why isn’t it happening?
Why Americans question climate science
Things are worse than assumed: sensible numbers on carbon fluxes from soil and limits of discourse
Tech that matters: those concerned with climate change-induced famine should pay attention to this
Can you still go "Down to the Twist and Shout"? Should you?
Mister Robot, a recollection of Chomsky, and a reflection on Robespierre
"Everything's up to date in Kansas City," and now my blog will be too.
Sanity is relative, reality is consensual, and SF readers and writers are the only ones who notice
My Schedule for WorldCon
Broken or still fighting?
Writing about racism: ignoring white people who told me I didn't know what I was talking about
If the Witness exists, is he God, or is time the only deity: thoughts from SF television