Where Ilya provides running commentary on life at the intersection of blue state tastes and red state values, with plenty of legal and travel-related discursions along the way. The opinions expressed are his alone, and do not necessarily reflect the views or policy of any institution with which he is affiliated. Thursday, March 25, 2010. Ramming Through Radical Nominee Takes Back Seat to Ramming Through Obamacare. Nothing could be farther from the truth.

Saturday, February 20, 2010. I think I will begin to post some of my amateur Mythos fiction. Thursday, February 11, 2010. When looking back at my first William Hope Hodgson-related post. The Boats of the Glen-Carrig.

We have seen more than we remember, and we remember more than we have seen. Tuesday, September 23, 2008. The near extinction of long-term thinking and the constant pull of greed.

Because nothing in the battle and cooperation of the sexes makes sense except in the light of evolution. Thursday, 23 October 2014. Hi, I have a new Wordpress blog.

Closing the Teach For America Blogging Gap. A Sense of Time and Place. I am reminded of what I brought the optimism and naïveté packed neatly in the trunk, the resilience riding shotgun, and the humor asleep in the backseat. I brought all I had, and my intent was to leave as much of it here as possible, to give it away.