Author: Burt Likko

Sins may be forgiven. Crimes require punishment. – George R.R. Martin

Who can explain just how he became the person he is? It does not happen this day or that one. It is a gradual evolution that happens largely unheralded. – David Anthony Durham

I don’t know how other people use the “Clippings” feature on their Kindles, or the equivalents on their e-readers. I do know that mine is getting on two years old, full of stuff that I haven’t used again later even… Continue Reading →

I did tabletop RPGs as my hobby when I was a teenager, and when I went off to college and discovered just how many girls there were, I sort of lost interest in things like Dungeons and Dragons. But a… Continue Reading →

It’s been over twenty-four hours since I wrote about Newt Gingrich, so I’ll complete my trilogy of observations about his insurgency here. I’d be less interested in Gingrich if it didn’t look for all the world like he’s about to… Continue Reading →

If everyone said they saw “X” and you didn’t, would your first instinct be to wonder if there was something wrong with your vision, that “X” was there and you had somehow missed it? Make It worse – what if… Continue Reading →

At Blinded Trials, co-blogger Will Truman offers this story: …one of the reasons that my wife’s hospital is short-staffed on obstetrical services is that one of the doctors refuses to deliver any more babies after a prolonged lawsuit (that he… Continue Reading →

Newt Gingrich channels the legend of Andrew Jackson*: [Gingrich] told a forum of anti-abortion activists ahead of South Carolina’s primary election that as president he would ignore supreme court rulings he regards as legally flawed. He implied that would also… Continue Reading →

The Wife and I had a dinner party for two other married couples and a single friend over the weekend. But I did not have to miss substantial amounts of time, and found preparation significantly well relaxed, because of good… Continue Reading →