Influence

Back in the mid-70s, when I was trying to get up the courage to do a fanzine, Susan Wood was probably the #1 reviewer in the field. Her vision of what a zine could be did much to convince me that I could get away with it. As you know, Bob, I was right about that, and most of the good stuff in my life comes from that decision. She had a similar effect on William Gibson

Thanx to File 770

Percent

The second one percent: The group that believes that if they apply their mouths fervently enough to the lower parts of the top one percent, goodies will trickle down. Next to this definition should be a picture of David Brooks.

Devolution

If the first time is tragedy and the second time is farce, what's the third time? Rick Perry is a parody of Dubya, and Michele Bachmann is a parody of Sarah Palin.

The Pioneer

A decade before Stonewall, Franklin Kameny campaigned for gay rights. He died this week, and Andrew Sullivan remembers him.

When they're not spying

News Corp caught doing the old Battlefield Earth trick to make Wall Street Journal circulation figures look better.

Thanx to Charlie's Diary