but with an alternating story line between two men set 40 years apart, I found it too easy to put down. Both men are sent to war – the father to Korea, the father to Vietnam- and both men return damaged. They are both largely unreachable, encasing themselves in a masculine armour a...
” that it amounted to ‘sub-animal reaction reported by sub-animal itself.’“We doubt if the book helps one to understand any considerable or significant part of anything,” its reviewer sniffed.
we were without power for 96 hours. I slept in the basement, which is not an option for many who live in the South ( like Florida). We fortunately had a gas hot water heater, so had hot water to bathe. Did our cooking on propane and charcoal grill. Good thing to...
An ecological disaster leads to the breakup of an enemy empire, but in “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country” it’s the Klingon moon Praxis subbing in for the Soviet power station Chernobyl. Kirk and company struggle with their animosity toward the Klingons, but we are more concerned ...
“The best explanation for ‘the good old days’ is a bad memory. When we take an objective look at how the country is doing and which way it has been going, we see that American life is not a hellscape of carnage and decline. What stands out is a resilient democracy that tends to...