October is Nobel Prize season. Literature and Peace are essentially beauty contests, depending on subjective judgements about aesthetics and political correctness. They are akin to the Olympic gymnastic judges holding up numbered cards. Oh, that writer or do-gooder got a … Continue reading
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In a world of trouble, we give thanks for the slightest uplift. Therefore, Nobel week is worth celebrating. Yes, he got filthy rich from high explosives, but if he hadn’t done it somebody else would have. As Robert Heinlein once … Continue reading