Not so long ago, I copped to reading “The Hunger Games,” and got a little bit shirty at the notion that doing so reflected negatively on my erudition. [First aside: Blinded Trials is still graced with a steady stream of… Continue Reading
I am very ambivalent. A short while ago, I got a little bit shirty with certain columnists who preened about the intellectual merits of the literature they were reading and who looked down on grown-ups who read inappropriately juvenile fiction… Continue Reading
Not only am I reading “The Hunger Games,” but when I arrived at work this morning I found that the same colleague who loaned it to me had left the two sequels on my desk. I plan to read them,… Continue Reading