UPDATE September 2012:

See this post for the latest round of Amazon Kindles, including the Amazon Kindle Fire HD and the Amazon Kindle Paperwhite.

Original older post below.

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UPDATE 25 November 2011: The Kindle Fire and new Kindles are out.

• Here is an unboxing video of the new Kindle …

The coming holiday season, especially Yule, is a very appropriate time to enjoy The Children of Hurin, by J.R.R. Tolkien—the first complete book by Tolkien since The Silmarillion in 1977.

Tolkien had started the story before 1920 and made several revisions after, but did not finish it before his …

If one were to pause for a moment and consider what “good government” would be like, we might think of one that would serve the people, upholding the Constitution, working to help the citizens in time of need, offering services to enrich the quality of life, promoting science, …