I begin this month by highlighting some annotations of the current novel resting in my hands and rinsing my eyes…
This month I turned away from a novel, a book of short stories and turned to a few poets and…
There is no more fatal blunders than he who consumes the greater part of his life getting his living. All…
The signing of the Constitution on September 17,1787, ended one debate and began another. Although Oliver Ellsworth and his fellow…
“Jim? My goodness. Where on earth have you been?” He looked past me to see Huck and so repeated the…
There are types of evil, did you know that? There is material evil, that which causes suffering without reference to…
This month I read Required Reading, Why Our American Classics Matter Now, written by Andrew Delbanco. Dr. Delbanco is the…
Lieutenant Tonder was dressed in his great gray overcoat. He entered the room and took off his helmet and he…
It must be added that these dauntless Yankees did not confine themselves to theory; they also acquired direct, practical experience.…
My, my, my, my, my, welcome, welcome, welcome, to the land of Expectations, to the land of Expectations, to the…