Grand Pursuit by Sylvia Naser
Central banks did not originate the economic boom-or-bust cycle.
Author: Robert Hamill
On Writing Well – William Zinsser
Subtitle: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction Good, solid advice.
The Waitress on the Red Vespa
There was a fresh person remarked upon at Chincoteague Island: the waitress on the red Vespa. Jonathan Dorsey had been at the beach house since the first week of summer. He breakfasted daily in front…
Can you think without words?
Yes, you can think without words; but many people are so well-schooled that words overwhelm their non-verbal thoughts.
Creative Writing Feedback
Good feedback from teacher last night on a sample beginning I wrote up. He said that it wasn't clear, soon enough who the main character was. I had too many named people for a short…
Pat Conroy
My Reading Life by Pat Conroy has some interesting book reports in it. In Gone With the Wind, he tells the story but always against the backdrop of what the book meant to his mother…
Zippy Slogans and Ponderous Details
It is as non-productive to attack surface arguments from a deep perspective as it is to defend deep positions against bumper slogans which don't acknowledge complexity.
Political Mandate
The Republicans used their mandate as a trump card. The Democrats threw theirs into the discard pile.