American Life 2/2

BIG

Most of us can relate to Tom Hanks’ adolescent wish to be Big in the delightful movie comedy of that name (1988). One of my first...

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To Buy or to Borrow – That is the Question

Where do you find the books you read? No, wait. Before we get to that, I want to know if you make a distinction between the books...

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September Song

This isn’t a story about “days dwindling down” that we all know from the familiar “September Song” by the twentieth century composer Kurt...

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Censorship is Obscene

There is a sign on a shelf of my living room library bluntly stating that “Censorship is Obscene”. I’m guessing this may require a bit...

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Mortality

I’ve been contemplating mortality lately – a natural thing, I suppose, as one progresses along the human timeline. But I have been...

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Martin Luther King, Jr, My Father, and Me

One of my earliest memories of my father was his boast that he had gone to graduate school with Martin Luther King, Jr. In fact, Rev....

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I Cannot Live Without Books

Thomas Jefferson famously stated, “I cannot live without books”. In fact, this quote is so well-known that you can find it on tote bags...

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New Yorker’s Idea of the United States of America

The first time I visited my future father-in-law’s study I was struck by two things: the enticing collection of history books that...

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New Year’s Traditions

I don’t make New Year’s resolutions. I mean, really! What’s the point? They would only end up in the proverbial dustbin of history...

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