A natural assumption about retirement is that you're free to do whatever, whenever. Good in theory, but there are always other...

Time & Space - March 5 Here's another weird, uninformed amateur thought……   We are all confined to a timeline that moves us all forward...

A refreshing, new look at Lincoln that focuses more on others' experiences with him, what he said, impressions he made. Meacham is an...

Recommended by my wife, Martha (she's selective in suggesting a title), I now highly recommend. Brooks is a vivid writer who...

Occasionally, I'll pick up a book by an unfamiliar author for the sake of variety. I'd seen her books in the 'thriller' section and...

With the intent of eventually writing more about how Washington works, I picked this up hoping it would give me some insights. I was...

DeMille is a clever writer with character banter that makes the journey funny as well as exciting. John Corey is a witty smart-ass. A...

A seriously funny read - though I think sometimes he tries too hard. When Brian Sack's mother passed away, he was left with a letter...

One of my indulgences; Jack Reacher books. A fast-paced thriller, as usual, that I recommend. Couldn't do better on the description...

Thursday, January 5, 2023 11:35 AM In the historic battle to elect the next speaker, the 'rebel' opponents of McCarthy claim they want...

Growth - Jan 19 Per TED talk by Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks:  It is the people who are NOT like us who help us grow.  The affiliations of...

This is obviously not inclusive and will probably be the basis of a column at some point. How to prevent the next pandemic? How do we...

The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer Unexpectedly good. Written in intimate and dramatic detail, it reads like a haunting novel; though...

In the summer of his seventeenth year, Sam­uel Sooleymon gets the chance of a lifetime: a trip to the United States with his South...

It's not about what you think it is. At least not what I thought. Like all Gladwell books, it's eye-opening. In this case, about how...

Picking this up was at the suggestion of Martha after we'd just had a vacation in southern France. It's told by an Englishman who moves...

Another Trumper Fit Sunday, October 9, 2022 I've given up.  Resigned to the illogic of it.    I keep wanting to make sense of it.  To...

I've been looking forward to this book. Toying with writing my own memoirs, I've been reading famous examples of them by accomplished...

Going overseas, especially anyplace in Europe, sounds exotic. To family, friends and the obligatory social media audience, there's even a...

We all have them.  Defined somewhat for us by our birth, genes and early experiences.  They are the stories we tell ourselves about...

A delightful, gifted writer; but one of the oddest, freakiest childhood experiences imaginable (vivid gay sex?!). Its otherworldly...

In the face of conventional wisdom that aircraft would not affect warfare, a group of young visionaries with a novel invention - the...

Who would ever think that a sitting judge would be a serial killer? Oops! Spoiler Alert! Grisham is still one of our most talented,...

In the latest Jack Reacher novel (2022), our wanderer comes across an FBI agent trying to find her brother, who has disappeared in a town...