Bob Dylan: The Essential Interviews

Bob on Bob, Louis Menand’s review of Bob Dylan: The Essential Interviews, in the September 4, 2006 issue of the New Yorker. A great review of a book that sounds less than great, due to Dylan’s mumbling indifference to most interviewers, at least during the early days of his career. Menand zeroes in on Dylan’s [...]

The joy of uncertainty and senselesness in science (and art)

K.C. Cole has a good article in the Columbia Journalism Review, Why editors must dare to be dumb, about how science editors tend to be uncomfortable with advanced science topics they do not understand. What it boils down to, in Cole’s opinion, is a fundamental discomfort with uncertainty and senselessness: In science, feeling confused is [...]

Human drama in Beirut

The human drama continues, 27 days into this madness. This from CNN.com: Caption: “The aftermath tonight of an airstrike in Beirut.”