Author Archives: Fenster

Fenster writes: If you are planning to write a book about something or someone falling from the sky be aware that the landscape is already littered with fallen objects and you might have a copyright problem.

Fenster writes: Swedes are different from Norwegians and Lord knows they are both different from those crazy Finns originally from some place way far to the East.  But Danes are distinctive too. The manner by which the Danes have chosen … Continue reading →

Fenster writes: Why do so many things come at us in threes? Perhaps I should not put it that way.  To me it is less that the world is ordered into threes than it is that our minds may be … Continue reading →

Fenster writes: Being able to spot a fake news story is a valuable skill but truly “fake” news is a somewhat overblown issue.  Media literacy nowadays is at least as much a matter of what Sherlock Holmes termed “the dog … Continue reading →

Fenster writes: A friend of UR posts at a different site and sometimes his thoughts seem in line with the UR vibe. So FWIW here are two: –a post on diversity as experienced in the vicinity of Harvard Square, and … Continue reading →

Fenster writes: More commentary on commentator David Brooks here.

Fenster writes: Fenster’s readership is, to put it nicely, narrow.  But it is deep.  And so in keeping with that narrow and deep theme here is a book that may appeal to some UR readers: Astral Weeks: A Secret History … Continue reading →