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Linkfest 2018-08-13

While I am opposed to this kind of Luddism, it does demonstrate a kind of consistency. GMO does not actually describe all kinds of genetic engineering that we apply to food. Here is the article about the damage to the research plot. Cash transfers and labor supply: Evidence from a

Linkfest 2018-07-30

The images from today's linkfest are Frank Frazetta illustrations of the Lord of the Rings. Frazetta was a prolific illustrator of comics, book covers, album covers, and paintings. His style is instantly recognizable to any fan of science fiction and fantasy, and perhaps is the epitome of SFF

Another Thrawn: Alliances Excerpt

Another excerpt from Timothy Zahn's new novel Thrawn: Alliances has been released. Taking a final look at the nav display, Anakin pointed the Actis toward the horizon and poured power to the drive— Abruptly, R2-D2 trilled a warning. “What is it?” Anakin said, frowning as he checked his

Linkfest 2018-06-11

I meant to get this one out last Friday. Ah well. How we can learn from the history of protectionism It is easy to find lots of economists who are down on protectionism, but the evidence turns out to be rather mixed on exactly what its effects are. There are

Message for the Dead Book Review

Message for the Dead: Galaxy's Edge #8 by Jason Anspach and Nick Cole Kindle Edition, 496 pages Published April 25th 2018 by Galaxy's Edge ASIN B07C33BB7D In a tweet storm last month, I threatened to write an essay about the millennialism of the lighthuggers portrayed in

Soulminder Book Review

Soulminder by Timothy Zahn Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy (September 23, 2014) 334 pages ASIN B07B675RVC For Dr. Adrian Sommer, a split second of driving while distracted leads to tragedy—and obsession. His family destroyed, he devotes his entire being to developing Soulminder, a technology that might have saved

Turning Point: Galaxy's Edge #7 Book Review

Turning Point: Galaxy's Edge #7 by Jason Anspach and Nick Cole Kindle Edition, 374 pages Published February 23th 2018 by Galaxy's Edge ASIN B079NGCX1T Turning Point is an ugly book. It is ugly, because war is ugly. And this is warre, war to the knife. Firebombs,