Explaining

Timothy Burke cruelly mocks Thomas Friedman.

In her footsteps

Now that Michele Bachmann is leaving Congress to devote full time to her future career as defendant, will Congress still have a Crazy Lady? Never fear: The Republicans have many possible successors, and Charles Pierce is previewing them, starting with Vicki Hartzler.

Practice is not enough

Temple Grandin on the need for ability

Thanx to andrewducker

Jack Vance remembered

* Roz Kaveney

* Mike Glyer

* Christopher Priest

Superhuman powers

Black teenager's powerful "dehumanizing stares" force police to beat him up in self-defense. Obviously, he must be nationalized and weaponized.

Not appropriate and too personal, my ass

Excellent graduation speech

Thanx to Feministing

Imagination Library

I've been a Dolly Parton fan forever. She sings; she writes; she has a sense of humor about herself. ("If I hadn't had them, I'd've had some made.") And she's a Book Lady.

Thanx to Terry Weyna on Facebook.