The Adventures of Augie March
Title: The Adventures of Augie March Author: Saul Bellow Published: New York: The Viking Press, 1953 I am an American, Chicago born – Chicago, that somber city – and go…
Review: The Scholar’s Mission
Title: “The Scholar’s Mission” in The Works of Orestes A. Brownson Collected and Arranged by Henry F. Brownson Volume XIX pages 65-87. Author: Orestes Augustus Brownson Published: New York: AMS…
Flower couplets
Stars of Jerusalem, so small and white Looks like the stars in heaven at night. Daffodils are early to bloom Chasing away wintertime gloom Common violets close to the ground…
Clump of Cells?
My brother James called me this morning to vent some frustration he felt on a conversation he had on social media with a lady who is pro-choice. He complained of…
Book Review: Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley
Huxley, like many other great people, uses many literary references and was very well read. In all his education reform he stresses the need for men of science to have…
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The Collapse of Superman by William Roscoe Thayer
Review of a political satire debunking the myth of the German Superman in 1918.