The long shelf life of legends and lies
Myth America helps us see the past to understand where we stand and where we might go.
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An occasional series of posts with links and short descriptions to books and articles of interest.
Late to the party
This bleak, prosaic story of duplicity and espionage is one of the greatest spy novels of all time.
Mother of Simbel
The thrilling story of Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt and the saving of Abu Simbel.
Genius, hubris, tragedy
Thoughts on Oppenheimer, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki on the anniversary of the bombing.
From the bookshelf: July 2023
Each month I have a goal of reading five books. Here’s my list from July 2023.
Destroying what is beautiful
The second in Donna Leon’s long-running Commissario Guio Brunetti mystery series.
You can learn a lot by reading the plaques
You learn a lot of fun facts if you read the plaques on the highway of life.
From the bookshelf: June 2023
Each month I have a goal of reading five books. Here’s my list from June 2023.
Legitimacy, once lost, is hard to reclaim
Our extremist Supreme Court is a train wreck fifty years in the making.
The tyranny of binary choice
Think expansively about the type of world we want instead of just bickering over the directions.
MORE TO COME... 