Can some Gentle Reader explain to me what Les Liaisons Dangereuses is about? The Christopher Hampton play, I mean, although I’d also love to know what is appealing about any other version of the novel, including the novel itself. I…
Gentle Readers, there will be spoilers below. On the other hand, the publisher has already spoiled the spoiler. See, Breath, by Donna Jo Napoli, is a retelling of the Pied Piper of Hamelin, but is also a sort of mystery….
Here’s the thing: if you set any substantial part of an action/adventure story on a train, you are obligated to get your good guy and your bad guy up on top of the train for a fistfight, or at least…
If you have been tooling around Left Blogovia, Gentle Reader, you have probably already seen that Our Only President has made 17 recess appointments, which seems like a lot, taking into account that both houses of Congress are under the…
James MacGregor Burns and Susan Dunn have an interesting op-ed in this morning’s Times called No More Second-Term Blues. In it, they argue for the repeal of the 22nd amendment. Now, I’ve been on record as being against term limits…
The last note in a series on Is the American Dream Killing You? by Paul Stiles. Epilogue: “The Market Cross” No, I’m not going to address this in any detail at all, other than state that it’s annoyingly written, and…
Back in November, Your Humble Blogger mentioned that the local election passed a firehouse bond issue by thirty-four votes. The vote was, in fact, 540-506 in favor. Close, no? Well, the people who did not want to pay so much…
Another note in a series on Is the American Dream Killing You? by Paul Stiles. Chapter Nine, “The Market Curve” OK, I really have to scan in this one and show it to you. It’s on page 240, and Mr….
So. Can somebody explain to me why bars and liquor stores are closed today? I mean, I understand, more or less, why Connecticut closes bars and liquor stores on New Year’s Day, and I understand why Connecticut closes bars and…
Your Humble Blogger read 118 books in 2005, down from 119 in 2004. Neither number is likely to be accurate within five or so, actually. Still, those numbers are close enough, and the monthly totals I’ve bothered to look at…