I’m starting to grieve the idea of going back to normal. Not that I think ‘normal’—meaning the way […]
Dialogue
The truth is, we’re going to come through this four-week period of social isolation with flying colours, because, […]
Yes, I felt an overwhelming wave of melancholy as PM Jacinda Ardern The Magnificent announced, in suitably serious […]
Yes, I’ve heard the question asked repeatedly over recent days and it’s one that I want to have […]
My daughter (the second of four) asked me today whether I was afraid—of the coronavirus and the devastating […]
I’ve been developing a series of science fiction novels for the past few years and hope to finish the first by the end of the year. In the meantime, I’ve also worked on some short stories that predate the events of the novels, but take place in the same universe. This is the first, introducing a character who will feature prominently in the short stories and at least the first novel.
Some (slightly revised) thinking from old lecture notes on epistemology in the post-9/11 world, as we approach the end of another decade. (1/5)
I’m not a teary man, not really. But I’ve wept more in the past few weeks than I […]
I was conducting an interview recently with a couple of guys I think the world of. But it […]
Burning Belly 