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Book Review: Changes by Jim Butcher

10 May 2010, 9:00 am. 1 Comment. Filed under Reading.

Changes (The Dresden Files, #12) Changes by Jim Butcher

My rat­ing: 5 of 5 stars
I do not give out many 5-​​star rat­ings, but for this book I couldn’t do any­thing else. That is despite the fact that Jim Butcher did some­thing I hon­estly didn’t think he would do to his legions of loyal read­ers, some­thing that I absolutely detest. Some­thing that I will not tell you about, because I loathe spoil­ers. Read on…

Review: American Gods by Neil Gaiman

9 May 2010, 9:00 am. 1 Comment. Filed under Reading.

American Gods Amer­i­can Gods by Neil Gaiman

My rat­ing: 4 of 5 stars
I’m try­ing to remem­ber whether or not I’ve read any of Gaiman’s other nov­els before, and I’m fairly cer­tain that I haven’t. I read Good Omens, but that was co-​​written with Terry Pratch­ett, and the col­lab­o­ra­tion was genius. I know that the entire world seems to love Sand­man, of course, but I’m just not a fan of graphic nov­els. In fact, it took me a while to real­ize that the Good Omens co-​​author and the Sand­man author were one and the same. Read on…

Where do first amendment rights go when you enter a courtroom?

8 May 2010, 8:59 am. 3 Comments. Filed under Civil Rights.

I’m not even talk­ing about the rights of defend­ents or plain­tiffs, but those of peo­ple who are oth­er­wise present in a court­room who aren’t being dis­rup­tive. How much con­trol do judges actu­ally need in order to main­tain order in the court­room? At what point are they sim­ply being petty tyrants? Read on…

 

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