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Ursula Chases Flying Squirrels #6

Posted on December 20, 2011 by

by Ursula K. Le Guin Wouldn’t it be loverly if everybody who reads this never bought a book from Amazon again? Terrified that independent booksellers might get some tiny share of the season of gifts, good will, and profits, Amazon … Continue reading →


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Ursula Chases Flying Squirrels #5

Posted on December 6, 2011 by

by Ursula K. Le Guin Mars Probe Launched “It’s not your father’s rover,” Mars program director Doug McCuistion told the Orlando Sentinel. (From Slate, 27 Nov. 2011) My father’s rover was launched in 1946 from a silo in Topeka and … Continue reading →


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Ursula Chases Flying Squirrels #4

Posted on December 3, 2011 by

by Ursula K. Le Guin From The New Republican Dictionary: to respect: to cause embarrassment or humiliation; to grope. In an interview on Fox news, Nov 13, 2011, Gloria Cain said of her husband: “He totally respects women.” –UKL


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Ursula Chases Flying Squirrels #3

Posted on November 25, 2011 by

Ursula K. Le Guin Creeping Socialism in Ohio Asked about the connotation of the phrase “income inequality,” LaTourette [Rep. Stephen LaTourette, R-Ohio] said, “It’s a redistribution of wealth — which is socialist, which is communist and all of that — … Continue reading →


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Ursula Chases Flying Squirrels #2

Posted on November 15, 2011 by

Ursula K. Le Guin Slumping Texas Governor Veers Hard Right, Courting Tea Party Vote. (headline on a story in Slate by Will Oremus, 25 Oct. 11) It’s the Texas Tetrathlon: slump, veer, court, and fake. Think of the physical and … Continue reading →


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Ursula Chases Flying Squirrels #1

Posted on November 9, 2011 by

Women Writers Are so Privileged — Nobody Has to Fight Past Anything to Read Them Ursula K. Le Guin In a book about Ernest Hemingway’s boat called Hemingway’s Boat, Paul Hendricks laments how badly Hemingway’s writing has been neglected and … Continue reading →


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