Archive - Crocodialectic

Democracy, darkness, the Inner Light, and more

2 hrs ago

Short Book Reviews #1

Or a review of a single book about a Rastafari dictator's nuclear bomb/immigration scheme, divided into four volumes

Nov 1

October 2025

Divisadero's Disappointments, Duly Discussed

Book Review: Divisadero by Michael Ondaatje

Oct 26

Short Story: Linnea

Sure, why not have a fictional post for a change

Oct 18

Sure, We Can Try to Fix Gerrymandering by Gerrymandering Harder

California's Proposition 50 is better than the status quo, but far from a perfect solution

Oct 13

AI, science, and a bit of religion, plus the protests in Nepal

Oct 9

Reviewing the Everything-but-a-Book-Review Contest: Basically a Book Review

Some long content to make up for it being a while since my last post

Oct 7

September 2025

Book Review: So They Want Us to Speak French, Matthew Hayday

Conflicts over French-language education in Anglophone Canada, and what they mean for the present day

Sep 22

Literature, literature, Louisiana, and more literature

Sep 13

Millions of Ishiguro Fans Aren't Wrong (Book Review: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro)

Fair warning: this review contains pretty significant spoilers

Sep 7

August 2025

Book Review: The Jakarta Method by Vincent Bevins

Recommended with some major reservations

Aug 31

Religion, Jolly Rogers, cash transfers, and more

Aug 23

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