Scott Robinson
Partisanism
Partisanism is a binge of subjective gluttony. It clusters together those who already agree, absolving them of the rigors of validation,...
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Scott Robinson
Nov 26, 20236 min
The Waves
Jeddy and Tori Bena bolted across the promenade, dodging their elders and more than a few robots as they raced for the outer ring. No one...
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Scott Robinson
Nov 26, 202314 min
Selene, Receding
The full moon hovered low in the sky above the fence Joni Powell used to scramble over as a child, headed into the woods on weekend...
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Scott Robinson
Nov 26, 20238 min
Suburban Goat's Head
The banging on the door was both sharp and incessant, stirring Nora McGee from her new page-turner, a Patterson thriller she’d picked up...
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Scott Robinson
Nov 19, 202311 min
The Only
Earthrise and evening meal, and three years of multiple daily viewings had not made it any less breathtaking. He lingered a moment, then...
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Scott Robinson
Nov 18, 202313 min
The Dawning
She bent forward, ballerina-like, easily grabbing the toes of her left foot, propped on the back of the couch. She held the position for...
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Scott Robinson
Nov 18, 202311 min
And Now, the News...
“From Dallas, Texas, the flash apparently official, President Kennedy died at 1 p.m. Central Standard Time - 2 o'clock Eastern Standard...
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Scott Robinson
Nov 11, 20239 min
Cherub
Noise and bright light jolt me, followed all too quickly by a stale, vaguely rancid odor. I’m sitting alone at a cafeteria table, and...
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Scott Robinson
Nov 11, 20235 min
Clusters
Homo sapiens is the most social of species. Not only do we not live in isolation, as so many creatures of the earth do, we fine-tune our...
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Scott Robinson
Nov 4, 202315 min
The Calling
The digital clock next to the luxurious king-size bed glowed a neon-blue 6:37 – eight minutes before she’d set it to go off, but she was...
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Scott Robinson
Oct 30, 20235 min
Forest Glen Sonata
He could see the evening moon through the branches above him as he made his way down the ridge, gripping his walking stick tightly,...
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Scott Robinson
Oct 22, 20234 min
Reaganism
In 1981, I was in the second year of my first round of college, and I worked for the campus newspaper. That was a bigger deal than it...
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Scott Robinson
Oct 22, 20238 min
The House That Newt Built
At this writing – in October 2023 – the US House of Representatives is without a Speaker. This situation was realized in the course of an...
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Scott Robinson
Oct 22, 20236 min
Minority Rule
A recent event in Ohio underscores a key feature of the growing conflict in the West today, as democracy struggles to push back against...
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Scott Robinson
Oct 22, 20238 min
The Missing Factor
Maj. Chet Kinsman of the US Aerospace Force is aboard a space station, chatting with industrialist Ted Dreyer, whose tech corporation has...
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Scott Robinson
Oct 22, 20236 min
Survival of the Richest
Tech thinker Douglas Rushkoff was recently invited for a very private, secluded weekend with a handful of tech billionaires to answer...
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Scott Robinson
Oct 17, 20234 min
My First Beer
Owing to the title of this book, I suppose it’s only fair that I actually discuss beer, at least in passing. I was never much of a fan...
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Scott Robinson
Oct 11, 20232 min
The New Conservatives
[Written in 1984, lost, and recently rediscovered. This attempt at a humor column reads pretty dated now; the concept of conservatism it...
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Scott Robinson
Oct 11, 20233 min
Gunga Din in Schools
[Written in 1984, lost, and recently rediscovered] WASHINGTON – The following is a partial transcript of an impromptu press conference...
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Scott Robinson
Oct 11, 20232 min
They Might Be Giants
(Reprinted from the Courier-Journal, April 29, 1990) You’d have been willing to bet that every last person in the Bomhard Theater last...
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