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Dec
18
Heat Death Classic: Festival of Fires
Difficult heroes, failed rebellions, and how to rebuild a religion
20 min read
Dec
11
The Sermon Under The Mount
A prophecy for a burning world
7 min read
Dec
04
Coal Measures
Forests of black stone, political turmoil at the dawn of Texas paleontology, and more early excerpts from Asher's forthcoming book
35 min read
Nov
20
The Fatal Allure of Yesterday's Tomorrows
On the dangers of seeing science fiction as a template for the future.
23 min read
Nov
13
Lions at the Kitchen Table
Saul considers the Lancashire Cotton Famine, political mythmaking and the cynical trap of "affordability"
20 min read
Nov
06
The Suburbs Sprawl on a Grave of Wildfire
How the crusade against nature made — and perhaps doomed — American development.
16 min read
Oct
28
The Heat Death Classic™ Halloween Spooktacular
What is a monster? It is an invitation. Come and see.
36 min read
Oct
23
The Paleontologist's Scrapbook
Cartoons and poems from the dawn of prehistory
12 min read
Oct
16
The Myths of Antisemitism
Is "Jew Hatred" really so eternal?
29 min read
Oct
09
When The Desert Blooms
Inside the long, desperate quest to make it rain.
12 min read
