Naiyar Masud: The Storyteller of Lucknow

About finding and reading the Urdu writer Naiyar Masud.
The Octoclause of Doom

A mysterious amendment to an obscure clause in the Indian copyright act threatens the already slim-profit margins of local publishers.
Troubled Times At Ridgemont High

The American school system is broken. For God’s sake, stop fixing it.
Odd Gods, God’s Odds

Four-player God-minton. Sam Harris & Michael Shermer versus Jean Houston Deepak & Chopra over God’s existence. God abstains from judgment.
Thomas Barnett: Mapping The Next Neo-Snafu

Parsing political futurist Thomas Barnett’s semi-moronic blueprint for creating the next American century.