Posts in Americana

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Feb 17, 2011
Americana

Jefferson Davis' Inaugural Speech

150 years ago tomorrow, Jefferson Davis became the first and only President of the Confederate States of America. The address was most notable for what it left out: any attempt to explain how a nation could possibly remain viable, let alone democr...

Dec 18, 2009
Americana Books

Uneven distribution

...I felt that I was trying to describe an unthinkable present and I actually feel that science fiction's best use today is the exploration of contemporary reality rather than any attempt to predict where we are going…The best thing you can do wit...

Feb 22, 2009
Americana

Melting Pot Promises

Next door to the India Kitchen, however, at a pub called Fuzzy’s Bar, where a grill called Wolf Dawg serves burgers and “hot dawgs,” patrons griped about their immigrant neighbors as “Jeopardy!” played on two small television sets. “Everybody wan...