Modem's repaired, so I resume Fantastic Worlds after a long hiatus.

We start with

Why I Am NOT Into Group Identity Based AnthologiesFrom time to time, one sees an anthology containing stories by authors all belonging to some similar group -- they are women, black, Jewish, Russian, whatever. And some of the stories, and indeed whole anthologies, ( Read more... )

Check this out:

http://www.frontpagemag.com/articles/readarticle.asp?ID=20535&p=1

I was especially struck by this statement ...

After taking an oath on the Qur’an, the man - known only as MSK - told the court he had committed four attacks on girls as ( Read more... )

As I'm sure is news to no one, there are a significant number of people in America today who believe that George W. Bush, or mysterious shadowy Others behind the Bush Administration, were actually responsible for 9/11. A much larger number of people question whether the war is "real," and argue that we could, basically, end it simply by bringing ( Read more... )

This news yesterday ( Read more... )

Hey, now this is funnyhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070112/wl_afp/iraniraqusraid_070112000141Read more... )

Nobody discusses World War II Nazi Germany without keeping in mind that the Nazis slaughtered millions of innocent victims, while atrocities on a similar scale (relative to the populations involved) are for some incomprehensible reason forgiven when the Southeast Asian Communists are concerned. Nobody would write nostalgic books or movies about the ( Read more... )

Referencing this ( Read more... )

From the AP news feed

In a statement, Saddam's lawyers said that in the aftermath of his death, "the world will know that Saddam Hussein lived honestly, died honestly, and maintained his principles."Now, I don't see how that was possible. Unless maybe there were mice in his cell. He could have captured them, bred them, and then tortured some of ( Read more... )

At 8 pm today I first received word that Saddam Hussein had been executed ( Read more... )

I really hope that we do move against Iran, and soon. Bush's term has only a bit more than two years left to run, there is no reason to assume that his successor will take the Islamic threat seriously, and the recent Congressional elections pretty much ensure that the Congress will at best drag its feet, at worst actively try to sabotage Bush's war ( Read more... )