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The lovely Courtney has some thoughts on Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. I offer some thoughts re: the political subtexts she sees, as well as my thoughts about the book - all without any plot spoilers.
"Gulag: A History" is making waves, and deservedly so. Just as the camps of Dachau et. al. were a stain on German history and the German soul, so the Gulags of Russia are an historical and psychic shadow that haunts them still.
Bill Whittle's latest Essay, "MAGIC," deals with an important phenomenon. "Magical thinking is everywhere today, and it is growing.... If we are to continue to thrive and progress, then we need to sharpen some sticks and drive a stake through the heart of this monster, and right quick." Carl Sagan chimes in, and I've got some thoughts of my own coming.
No spoilers. We just reload you with lots of good Matrix-related stuff. Prequels, bloggers cheering for the machines, and the good folks at Metaphilm and beyond with their coverage.
A blogger within the Jewish Hasidic sub-culture is reading "Entrance to the Garden of Eden" by Yossi Klein Halevi. Who are the Hasidim? What does "Hasidic Rebel" think of the book? Can we find real spirituality and by observing and experiencing how other humans of different religions attain spirituality, or is this a dead-end path?
Having written and edited some excellent books on the origins of Islam, Ibn Warraq has now turned his attention towards the Saidian terror apologists to decry, as Muslimpundit puts it: "the pretensions of Edward Said towards harbouring any conceptions of intellectual scholarship." Now there's some criticism with bite!
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