Two very different essays

While surfing tonight, I came across two very different essays on vastly different subjects that I thought were interesting.

The first is an essay by David Neiwert of Orcinus. I've never been all that gun-ho on hate crime laws but this letter to the editor that David wrote has made me look at them differently. I recommamend that you read it and tell me what you think.

Secondly, I found an essay by Paul Graham titled "What You'll Wish You'd Known". It is a speech that he was going to give to a high school but he gave had a shot to give it. So he wrote it out and posted it. It's a good speech but I'm not sure how I feel about it. By the way, it is a long speech.