Archive for February, 2008

Free Markets 0

In reading through an old copy of the Economist yesterday, I was struck by the magazine’s seeming schizophrenia. I could be reading an article reasonably discussing how governments could (and should) act to encourage businesses to shift to greener technologies in order to combat climate change, then turn the page to find phrases like “a [...]

Scalzi on the Business of Writing 0

John Scalzi’s put up a couple of recent posts about the business of writing.  The man knows what he’s talking about: he made over $160K from his wordsmithing skills last year. If you haven’t read his books, you should; they’re straight-up science fiction with good characters facing tough choices, and he has a very easy [...]