In my continuing run through the Penguin Lives Series, I have just finished Abraham Lincoln. What stuck me as I was reading was the similarities between Lincoln and Churchill. Like Churchill, Lincoln’s was a hero not because he never failed but because at a crucial moment in history his character made all the difference. This [...]
Need further proof that conservatives in the Ohio House are tone deaf to the public perception of their actions? Check out this story: 14th Amendment possibly snagged in Ohio House. It’s a beaut. State Senator Mark Mallory introduced a resolution to have Ohio ratify the 14th amenement to the constitution. Ohio ratified it in 1867, [...]
“A boy. A tiger. And the vast Pacific Ocean. This is a novel of such rare and wondrous storytelling that it may, as one of the characters claims, make you believe in God. Can a reader reasonably ask for anything more?” So reads the dust jacket of the novel The Life of Pi by Yann [...]