The Book Of Vice: Very Naughty Things (And How To Do Them) is written by Peter Sagal, the host of the popular NPR news quiz Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me! He goes behind the scenes of some common (and not so common) vices: gambling, swinging, gluttony, pornography, consumption, etc. to reveal what they say about our society. … Continue reading
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. A nation feeling its oats, let’s call it America, is whipped into a frenzy to start a war based on false information reported in the press. Based on these false reports, this nation decides that it is going to invade a country to liberate its people from … Continue reading
Much has already been written about Custer’s Last Stand so it’s hard to see what else can be told about it. However, gifted story-teller Nathaniel Philbrick had access to recently surfaced memoirs to add to the already formidable amount of Custer lore. Readers of Philbrick’s prior best sellers about nautical events, Mayflower, Heart of the Sea and Sea … Continue reading
Lost On Planet China by J. Martin Troost is one Westerner’s attempt to understand the world’s most complicated country. The China that Troost portrays is not all that appealing. It is obviously crowded, 1.3 billion people have to go somewhere, but it is also incredibly polluted. Wherever Troost goes he describes the air as (continue reading)
In the film The Graduate, Dustin Hoffman’s character was told that the future was in plastics. DuPont gave us the slogan ”Better Things for Better Living…Through Chemistry.” Today those chickens have come home to roost, well at least the ones that haven’t been poisoned or become infertile thanks to the chemical industry. Slow Death By Rubber Duck: The … Continue reading
Ahh what a simpler time. When a recently minted ex-President could hop in the car with his wife and take a road trip, unescorted by any security, halfway across the country to visit his daughter and some friends. Even though Truman was the target of an assassination attempt while President, back then once you left the White House … Continue reading
