Sunday, May 3, 2026

Vaclav Smil on Nuclear Power Micro Reactors

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I can't recall whether it was Doomberg or Robert Bryce who first drew my attention to Vaclav Smil. Vaclav Smil educates the reader by e...
Saturday, May 2, 2026

The "300 Wins" Club and Other Miscellaneous Baseball Notes

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For some reason baseball has been on my mind this weekend. I suspect that something caused me to think about Nolan Ryan, the Astros hurler w...
Friday, May 1, 2026

The Individual and the Crowd: Nietzsche's Take

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When I was in college studying philosophy, I purchased a copy of  Friedrich Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil . When I got home I noticed...
Thursday, April 30, 2026

All the Pretty Horses, Revisited

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THROWBACK THURSDAY In 2009 I watched   All the Pretty Horses after having read Cormac McCarthy’s superb book the previous year. I  picked ...
Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Lucy's Encounter with "The Magician's Book" in Voyage of the Dawn Treader

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The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is probably my favorite of the seven volumes of C.S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia . One reason this v...
Monday, April 27, 2026

Lakes 10 Movie Theater in Hermantown has Closed, But We Still Have Great Theaters in Duluth

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This is the beginning of a recent story from the Duluth News-Tribune: HERMANTOWN — The Lakes Cinema will close after showtimes on Sunday, Ap...
Sunday, April 26, 2026

Darkness and Light

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Yesterday I began a new short story in response to a disturbing event that occurred this past week. A couple tentative titles await the comp...