Musings of an Omnivorous Intellectual

A scientist is being blackmailed.  Suddenly, the nature of the blackmail changes and begins to involve information about her current work on...

Dreams can have many effects on people, both good and bad.  At their worst they can cause people to waste their lives (and the lives of othe...

Some time ago I completed the first volume in a biography of Robert Heinlein. While reading, I came across this gem, set during World War...

Once upon a time man crossed the stars and spread throughout the galaxy, leaving Earth behind.  They met other intelligent life forms and f...

One of my dearest friends and sharpest critics has finally made time to start a blog .  Go check out his introductory post and make sure to ...

[Please note that this is a review of the entire series rather than any individual book within the series.] Stephen R. Donaldson is prima...

Sam Harris has an excellent post up on his blog titled "The Truth about Violence: 3 Principles of Self Defense." I realize this...

I've long been fascinated by history.  In spite of my strong leaning toward the sciences when I was trying to find my path through life...

I've always found this comic by xkcd rather amusing.  To a geologist, the whole 'purity' argument that goes on amongst certai...

I normally try to avoid writing on environmental and political issues, and this isn't really my beat anyway, but this issue is too impo...