Not letting Dan Shaughnessy get away with anything: The CHB turned in one column last week, and yet the best he can muster today is a slapped together list of shots at local sports management. Is this really what the Globe is paying him for? There’s the obligatory Theo cheap shot, raising the Bronson Arroyo… Continue reading

James Woods gives Harold Bloom a real work-over.

Pat Hayes has a great piece on Barbara Forrest, the woman who slew the vaunted ID dragon at Dover.

The Day Without Yesterday is now officially available at NRO’s Bookservice.

Book Club Dept. I’ve been on a science fiction binge since Boskone in February. After meeting Allan Steele there I ran out and bought Coyote, which was very enjoyable. I also finally got to Philip Pullman’s Golden Compass, Robert Charles Wilson’s Spin and (with a pause to savor Alice Munro’s latest collection of short stories,… Continue reading