Let’s speak frankly for a minute: if you don’t read fiction–or worse, if you read bad fiction–you are short-changing yourself. You could be missing revelations into human nature, behavior, and nuance that you might not otherwise be able to observe. Further, you might be limiting your ability to empathize, to understand, and shift your perspective. If […]
Book Review: “The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt” by Edmund Morris
September 19, 2011 by
The great thing about reading Edmund Morris is two-fold: he presents extremely thorough research with a enjoyable reading style that makes one feel like they are reading fiction. As a friend put it, it’s like reading a novel, not a biography. It doesn’t hurt that Theodore Roosevelt lived a life that makes easy picking for […]
Science Edition: Spongebob is not your friend. Also, wrinkled fingers.
September 12, 2011 by
First, don’t miss the CNN/Tea Party debate tonight at 6 PM MST. I’ll be live tweeting here. Until then, here’s your factoid(s) for the day: Spongebob Squarepants is not your friend. Or your children’s’ either, for that matter. As if anyone is surprised: Spongebob is hazardous to your children’s health. [R}esearchers had three groups of […]
Darth Cheney, unleashed.
August 30, 2011 by
Dick Cheney’s memoir, “In My Time,” is out today. As Daniel Henninger at the WSJ says No one should have expected that Dick Cheney’s memoir would be anything but frank. Make that brutally frank. Such as this characterization of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s description to President George W. Bush of her proposed nuclear-weapons agreement with […]
Tonight’s books, courtesy of the Salt Lake County Library
August 10, 2011 by
Word. Got a couple good looking books from the library tonight. It’s within walking distance, so if I put the kids in the stroller and take them with, I get new books to peruse and read, the kids pick out some new books, and I get at least a modicum of exercise….if just. The books? […]
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