The narrow defeat of the Obama administration in the Hobby Lobby case has sent its supporters into ecstases of rage and hate that have to be seen to be believed, and that in some cases can only be described as murderous. I am glad I don't live in the USA. But this fury, that bewilders many conservatives and independents, does not bewilder me. The ( Read more... )

If there is one thing that every writer on earth knows, or ought to know, it is that you write to the customer's specifications. If the customer wants you to write an adventure story with a blond blue-eyed male protagonist, that is what you do, or else you don't accept the contract ( Read more... )