September 2015 – Page 2 – Light On Dark Water

September 6, 2015

52 Authors: Week 36 – Charles Dickens

I am not an expert on Charles Dickens, but I do enjoy his writing immensely. I have gone through periods where I thought I liked other Victorian authors more: Anthony Trollope and George Eliot notably, but I always return to Dickens with vigor and realize that he is the best. Wasn’t there an old McDonalds…

Christopher Lasch: The Culture of Narcissism

Forty years or so after it created a great stir, I finally got around to reading this book. I have to say it is not what I expected. I expected less, to tell you the truth. I expected a look around the culture of the times, and perceptive commentary on it. I didn't expect erudition…

Shut Up, Grandma

It's the 21st century, in which there is no place for bigots like you.