Burning Ray Bradbury: The Column I Most Regret Never Having Written

The column I most regret never having written is about the book Fahrenheit 451. Columns need a ‘hook’, something in the news which gives the column relevance, some current event which a writer can hang the column on. But Fahrenheit 451 is not exactly timely, nor is the movie based on it: even Bradbury himself passed away over a year ago. So why do I write about him now? Because the suppression of religious themes in a new film based on a new classic, namely Ender’s Game, reminded me of...