by James Heflin | Apr 25, 2013 | Ten Gallon Liberal
I often try to temper talk about musicians or artists I don’t personally care for with a healthy dose of understanding that making good art is quite hard to do. I often look back at my own earlier works of poetry and wonder how I thought they were worthy....
by James Heflin | May 15, 2013 | Ten Gallon Liberal
Some weird stuff: 1) Google Earth offers some unwitting insight into William Gibson. Namely, the idea of experiencing/manipulating computer code as if it were an object. It never makes a whole lot of sense to read, in science fiction, of people manipulating code...
by James Heflin | May 21, 2013 | Ten Gallon Liberal
Something to think about next time you weed the garden: Plants use underground fungal networks to warn their neighbours of aphid attack, UK scientists have discovered. The study, published this week in Ecology Letters, is the first to reveal plants’ ability to...
by James Heflin | May 23, 2013 | Ten Gallon Liberal
Goldurn violent movies keep turning people crazy. Only now, says the NRA, those violent movies are pretty cool. From their Top 10 list of “Coolest Gun Movies,” there’s this about The Godfather: “While not rip-roaring with action, this film...
by James Heflin | May 24, 2013 | Ten Gallon Liberal
This ought to be easy, according to these new Pew numbers: Gun control supporters can point to broad and consistent public support for expanded background checks. Fully 81% favor making private gun sales and sales at gun shows subject to background checks, little...
