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On Influential Books

What makes a book influential? I believe it’s a message that can withstand the test of time. Harper Lee’s 1960 […]

Notes on Political Correctness

In January 2018 the conservative National Review magazine published a piece The Most Ridiculous PC Moments of 2017 . The comedian and television personality

Oblivion

In One Hundred Years of Solitude Gabriel Márquez tells how in Macondo three thousand workers are machine-gunned at the behest

Tolstoy’s Writing Advice

Today, authors approach famous writers for a book cover blurb. Few expect honest advice. But over a century ago, when

Tolstoy and Anti-Semitism

The Washington Times’ recent review of Sarah Honig’s “Debunking the Bull” praises the book of essays by The Jerusalem Post

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