Department of Weekend Reading: December 20, 2013

Is Kim Stanley Robinson our greatest political writer? And what does that even mean?
When drone strikes go wrong.
Trying to readMoby-Dick; and other Google Glass misadventures.
Have a drink, swipe a mug.
Here’s where the uninsured live; mostly Texas, it appears.
India’s likely new prime minister has some very nasty skeletons in that closet.
Turning rednecks into greenbacks; the cultural divides of reality TV.
Back in 2011, tens of thousands signed a petition to cancel the Kardashians.
One spooky Scot...