Steven M Scotten

Las Vegas is a weird and scary place, as far as I can tell from the airport.

My mother sent me this book months ago, long before my dissatisfaction at work resulted in the loss of my job. It’s a collection of true stories of people who have wrestled with the Big Question. This is personal and authentic journalism. Bronson does not pretend that he doesn’

Edmund S. Morgan explores what independence meant to three of America’s most prominent Founding Fathers: John Adams, George Washington, and Thomas Jefferson. In doing so in such a short volume, he refrains from much biography or history lesson, including only what is necessary to discuss the importance of independence

Carnival was happening here in San Francisco this weekend. The streets in the Mission were closed off from 24th Street all the way up to 16th and each block had barricades with security guards to push the barricades aside in case a vehicle had to get out or something. Jolie

I don’t think I’ll find answers to ethical dilemmas in a book, but this was a thoughtful if sometimes less than thorough exploration of the decisionmaking processes involved when faced with right-versus-right situations. The author clarified the question of ethical relativism versus ethical absolutism that has haunted me

Having a discussion (more like hearing a lecture) about gun control with a coworker recently. He was going on about the restriction on the Barrett .50-caliber sniper rifle, and how it is unwieldy and expensive and not the sort of weapon that can be used to hold up a store