Friday, May 31, 2019
Off in the Hills
Jack Swilling, entrepreneur and role model
A large chunk of my day was spent in a meeting with Arizona history fanatics. I was in good company.
Leaders and "Groundhog Day."
Wally Bock has a great post on leadership and the film "Groundhog Day."
I confess to thinking the film was okay the first time I saw it but by the second viewing I was convinced that it belongs in the Great Movie category in terms of its lessons for life.
Thursday, May 30, 2019
A New View of the Moon
Okay, take a minute or so.
Go to The Hammock Papers and watch the brief video.
You will smile.
[HT: Stephen Landry]
Go to The Hammock Papers and watch the brief video.
You will smile.
[HT: Stephen Landry]
Questions
What is their baggage? How do they learn? Can they explain it? Do they think they've completed their education? Do they know the boundaries? Are they game-players? Can they be trusted? How do they treat others? Are they mindful? Are they impatient? Do they value time? Where are they likely to err? Do they have courage? Do they keep promises? Can they be coached? Do they read? Do they listen? Do they admit mistakes? What do they fear? What do they want? Do they laugh at themselves? Can they ask for help? Do they think ahead? Would you hire them? Would you re-hire them? Will you dance if they leave?
First Paragraph
'I can never bring myself to believe it, John,' said Mary Walker, the pretty daughter of Mr George Walker, attorney of Silverbridge. Walker and Winthrop was the name of the firm, and they were respectable people, who did all the solicitors' business that had to be done in that part of Barsetshire on behalf of the Crown, were employed on the local business of the Duke of Omnium who is great in those parts, and altogether held their heads up high, as provincial lawyers often do. They - the Walkers - lived in a great brick house in the middle of the town, gave dinners to which the county gentlemen not infrequently condescended to come, and in a mild way led the fashion in Silverbridge. 'I can never bring myself to believe it, John,' said Miss Walker.
- From The Last Chronicle of Barset by Anthony Trollope
- From The Last Chronicle of Barset by Anthony Trollope
Wednesday, May 29, 2019
Dershowitz on Mueller
Remember that federal investigations by prosecutors, including special counsels, are by their very nature one sided. They hear only evidence of guilt and not exculpatory evidence. Their witnesses are not subject to the adversarial process. There is no cross examination. The evidence is taken in secret behind the closed doors of a grand jury. For that very reason, prosecutors can only conclude whether there is sufficient evidence to commence a prosecution. They are not in a position to decide whether the subject of the investigation is guilty or is innocent of any crimes.
Read the rest of Alan Dershowitz's column at The Hill.
Read the rest of Alan Dershowitz's column at The Hill.
The Type of Meeting
The type of meeting will determine which briefcase I bring, the tie and shoes I wear, the writing pad, and the pen.
And those are just the "superficials" because there is also the homework. What is the theme? What are the key points? What was said at the last meeting? Specifically what should I be listening for? Will anyone new be present? What are the ancillary issues?
The meeting prep may take longer than the meeting.
Weird, I know, but important.
As always, remember to stack the deck.
Modern Education
Instapundit has a 2013 video of college students being asked about the Holocaust. Their responses are both frightening and depressing.
I'd like to meet the history teachers and the school principals of each of those students but I'd especially like to meet the parents.
Tuesday, May 28, 2019
Tony Horwitz, RIP
It was a shock to hear that Tony Horwitz died. He left us far too early.
He has a new book (Spying on the South) that just came out and his Confederates in the Attic should be required reading in American studies courses.
Americana
Google Maps: On Gurley Street in Prescott, Arizona.
A charming town. Move around on the map and check out the town square and the courthouse.
Barry Goldwater kicked off his presidential campaign there in 1964. The statue in front of the courthouse is of Buckey O'Neill, former sheriff and one of Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders.
Nearby is Whiskey Row, a collection of Old West bars. Sam Steiger, a colorful figure in national and Arizona politics, gained a surge in popularity by painting a crosswalk in the middle of the block.
He was later elected mayor.
A charming town. Move around on the map and check out the town square and the courthouse.
Barry Goldwater kicked off his presidential campaign there in 1964. The statue in front of the courthouse is of Buckey O'Neill, former sheriff and one of Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders.
Nearby is Whiskey Row, a collection of Old West bars. Sam Steiger, a colorful figure in national and Arizona politics, gained a surge in popularity by painting a crosswalk in the middle of the block.
He was later elected mayor.
Imagine What He Would Have Thought of Social Media
It is the folly of too many to mistake the echo of a London coffee-house for the voice of the kingdom.
- Jonathan Swift
[Photo by Edvinas Bruzas at Unsplash]
Monday, May 27, 2019
Adverse Weather Update
After watching this tornado footage, I've decided not to complain about summers in Phoenix.
[HT: Jonathan]
[HT: Jonathan]
Memorial Day
It is time to remember and yet it is always time to remember.
Dan Crenshaw posted a powerful and memorable Twitter thread.
[Photo by Justin Casey at Unsplash]
Sunday, May 26, 2019
Thought for the Coming Week
To go back now and read Swift and Defoe and Samuel Johnson and Smollett and Pope - all those people we had to read in college English courses - to read them now is to have one of the infinite pleasures in life.
- David McCullough
[Photo by Chris Lawton at Unsplash]
Saturday, May 25, 2019
Pens Pens Pens
Earlier this month I put an item on Twitter about favorite pens and quickly received many fine replies. Here is the list with some subsequent additions. I have also given the names of those making the recommendations.
- Cross pens; Jetstream Uniballs (John Ballard)
- Namiki Falcon; Kaweco; Pelikan 3776 in fine point (Julian Summerhayes)
- Pilot Precise V5 extra fine retractable roller ball (Stephen Landry)
- Parker Jotter refilled with Quink Gel ink; Sharpie's Super Time Tip (Nelson Howard)
- Uniball Signo 207 (Kurt Harden)
- Pilot Aeroball (Joel Engel)
- Aegir (Rick Georges)
- Pilot G-2; Bic Gel-ocity medium; Kaweco; Pilot Metropolitan ballpoint (Michael Wade)
[Update: I corrected my mistake in the reference from Quick Gel ink to Quink Gel ink.]
Modern Entertainment
"John Wick - Part Two" can be summed up by one of the subtitles: "Man screaming."
A Rule for Writing
That word, sentence, or paragraph that you wondered about?
Change it.
Believe me, there's a reason.
Friday, May 24, 2019
The Magic of Ducks
As shown at:
- Live & Learn, where the therapy of a duck parade is noted.
- The Peabody Hotel in Memphis and its famous ducks.
[Photo by Brandon Riley at Unsplash]
Miscellaneous and Fast
- NPR: Population growth in the South and the West.
- Althouse: Naomi Wolf and a big research oops.
- Trailer: The sixth in the Terminator series.
- New Republic: Sullivan versus Gopnik on liberalism.
- Trailer: "Bottom of the 9th."
- Brexit's most effective campaigner.
- Trailer: "Thunderbolt and Lightfoot."
Why Did We Get Rid of . . . ?
Cultural Offering asks a question that has long bothered me: "Why did we get rid of chalk boards?"
Of course, "we" didn't. People in schools and companies were persuaded that white boards (and worse yet, smart boards) were so much better and, cost be damned, the chalk boards went.
As a person who conducts a lot of workshops, I lament the loss of chalk boards and overhead projectors. Both provided an ease of use and flexibility that their jazzy substitutes lack.
And while we're on the subject of why we got rid of things, I'll add "Why did we get rid of teaching industrial arts and home economics in elementary school?"
I still use skills learned in "shop class." It was hands-on education in how things are made. Anyone who sawed, planed, sanded, hammered, and stained lumber to make a magazine rack or a bookcase left with a true appreciation of those who can do such tasks well.
The Worrier's Mind
Did I say that right? What did I miss? What was meant by that tone? Was there a tone? Why would they want that? Did we explain it clearly? Is anything being hidden? Why the rush? Why did we ever commit to that? How many other surprises will emerge? Will we have enough resources? Does the new person understand what's going on? Are we overlooking a legal problem? Do we need to run that by the board? Did you notice who didn't speak up at the meeting? What are we assuming? Why are we nervous? Did we drink too much coffee? Are we using the same definitions? Why were those people selected? Did you notice he took a call? We don't have a Plan B?
And on and on.
[Photo by bruce mars at Unsplash]
Thursday, May 23, 2019
Corn and Coyote
I had some coaching sessions in the west valley yesterday. The trip involved a pleasant meander through farming country. One farm has just harvested onions but most of the others were growing corn.
As I whipped past one field, keeping an eye out for tractors, a coyote wandered out, gave me a stare and then turned back, deciding against trying to cross the road. Vultures were also exploring the area but no egrets were present. My guess is they wait for the irrigation.
To those who ask if the trip is ever tiring, I reply, "Not at all."
As I whipped past one field, keeping an eye out for tractors, a coyote wandered out, gave me a stare and then turned back, deciding against trying to cross the road. Vultures were also exploring the area but no egrets were present. My guess is they wait for the irrigation.
To those who ask if the trip is ever tiring, I reply, "Not at all."
Postcard: Sagan at the Wheel
Clive James: "Postcard from Paris."
From the volume of his memoirs where he describes filming the ride with Françoise Sagan at the wheel:
"My questions tended to fragment as we switched with yelping tyres from one boulevard to another, threading our way between cars driven by normal people and taking every red light as a sign to speed up. 'So when you first met Sartre what AAAGH! did he say?'"
From the volume of his memoirs where he describes filming the ride with Françoise Sagan at the wheel:
"My questions tended to fragment as we switched with yelping tyres from one boulevard to another, threading our way between cars driven by normal people and taking every red light as a sign to speed up. 'So when you first met Sartre what AAAGH! did he say?'"
Nationwide Injunctions: "I do not want to see any of them."
Attorney General William Barr has delivered a major speech to the American Law Institute on the subject of nationwide injunctions. An excerpt:
While the DACA case provides a stark example of the trend in nationwide injunctions, at this point, it is hardly an outlier. Since President Trump took office, federal district courts have issued 37 nationwide injunctions against the Executive Branch. That’s more than one a month. By comparison, during President Obama’s first two years, district courts issued two nationwide injunctions against the Executive Branch, both of which were vacated by the Ninth Circuit. And according to the Department’s best estimates, courts issued only 27 nationwide injunctions in all of the 20th century.
Some say this proves that the Trump Administration is lawless. Not surprisingly, I disagree. And I would point out that the only case litigated on the merits in the Supreme Court—the so-called “travel ban” challenge—ended with President’s policy being upheld. But my aim today is not to debate the merits of any particular policy; it is to discuss the improper use of nationwide injunctions against policies of all stripes. Specifically, aside from the particular oddities of the DACA case, I want to highlight five ways in which nationwide injunctions are inconsistent with our American legal system.
While the DACA case provides a stark example of the trend in nationwide injunctions, at this point, it is hardly an outlier. Since President Trump took office, federal district courts have issued 37 nationwide injunctions against the Executive Branch. That’s more than one a month. By comparison, during President Obama’s first two years, district courts issued two nationwide injunctions against the Executive Branch, both of which were vacated by the Ninth Circuit. And according to the Department’s best estimates, courts issued only 27 nationwide injunctions in all of the 20th century.
Some say this proves that the Trump Administration is lawless. Not surprisingly, I disagree. And I would point out that the only case litigated on the merits in the Supreme Court—the so-called “travel ban” challenge—ended with President’s policy being upheld. But my aim today is not to debate the merits of any particular policy; it is to discuss the improper use of nationwide injunctions against policies of all stripes. Specifically, aside from the particular oddities of the DACA case, I want to highlight five ways in which nationwide injunctions are inconsistent with our American legal system.
First Paragraph
November evenings are quiet and still and dry. The frost-stripped trees and the bleached grasses glisten and shine in the small light. In the winter-emptied fields granite outcroppings gleam white and stark. The bones of the earth, old people call them. In the deepest fold of the land - to the southwest where the sun went down solid and red not long ago - the Providence River reflects a little grey light. The river is small this time of year, drought-shrunken. It turns back the sky, dully, like an old mirror.
- From The Keepers of the House by Shirley Ann Grau
- From The Keepers of the House by Shirley Ann Grau
Immersion
Chances are you are quite unenthusiastic about bumble bees. But if you study bumble bees, find out what good they do, how they relate to other bees, how they reproduce, where they live in winter - if you find out all you can about bumble bees, you will soon find yourself really interested in bumble bees.
- David J. Schwartz in The Magic of Thinking Big
[Photo by Boris Smokrovic at Unsplash]
Wednesday, May 22, 2019
Be Happy in Your Work
Kurt Harden of Cultural Offering has a day job.
He's starting to look younger. It must be the blogging.
The Slow Time
Several times a week, I intentionally slow things down. Right now, for instance, I am typing very slowly and am slowly considering what I need to do to be ready for tomorrow. My schedule will be slowly written and later, when I read a book, that too will be done slowly. With that I can notice the author's pace as well as the choice of some words versus others.
Could I get more done if I didn't have these slow times? I'm sure I could but not in all cases. Slow execution of tasks helps to prevent mistakes. It permits you to savor the work. I overlook less when I slow things down.
[I wrote the above last night. I'm ready for the day and rather than making the slow times the exception, I'll make them the rule. Let speed be the exception.]
No Fortune Telling
I don't invest a dime based on macro forecasts.
- Warren Buffett
[Photo by Michael Longmire at Unsplash]
Tuesday, May 21, 2019
Herman Wouk
New York Post: Jonathan S. Tobin remembers Herman Wouk.
As for his books, don't miss:
As for his books, don't miss:
- "The Caine Mutiny"
- "The Winds of War"
- "War and Remembrance"
"Milkshaking" and British Politics
That we live in a country in which someone who eggs Corbyn can be jailed for a month, while someone who milkshakes Nigel Farage can become a meme hero, deserves an explanation. What it speaks to is a chattering class that is now so cut off, confused and panicked about its inability to connect with ordinary people that it is effectively green-lighting assaults on politicians it dislikes.
Read the rest of Brendan O'Neill in Spiked.
Read the rest of Brendan O'Neill in Spiked.
Adjusting Communication to the Individual
It makes no sense to treat everyone the same all the time. Some people are tough, others are fragile. Some require directness and others require tact. The list of differences is extensive and circumstances change.
When you make adjustments, however, be sure to consider another aspect. It is not just that in your eyes the person is different, it is also that the person may have a different view of you.
Here are two examples:
Jack is tough and very blunt. At the same time, however, Jack regards you as a wielder of great power and is wary of doing anything that might trigger your wrath.
Kim is soft-spoken and diplomatic but Kim is very comfortable being direct with you and with hearing any criticism you may have.
As a result, you may want to be more indirect when talking with blunt Jack and more direct when talking with soft-spoken Kim.
After all, you are adjusting your style to create effective communication with them and not to match their communication with others.
Remembering the Cold War
The ambition to conquer the world has two different sources in the mental equipment of Soviet leaders. One is the classic, traditional, permanent image of "world revolution," the certainty that all humanity is destined to become Communist. The other is the sense of the Communist system's inherent fragility, shown by the tendency of all peoples under its yoke to try to evade it or shake it off whenever a crack in the wall of police repression gives them a chance.
- From How Democracies Perish by Jean-François Revel (1983)
- From How Democracies Perish by Jean-François Revel (1983)
Monday, May 20, 2019
America's Sexy Accents
Despite these rankings, it is highly unlikely that the Boston accent is the second sexiest accent in America.
[HT: Althouse]
[HT: Althouse]
Loonshots
Here's Wally Bock's review.
Almost bought the book this past weekend and am glad I held off.
I'll eventually read it but Wally provides some points to keep in mind.
First Paragraph
How often have you heard someone say, "It's crazy at work"? Maybe you've even said it yourself. For many, "It's crazy at work" has become their normal. But why so crazy?
- From It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson
- From It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson
The Silva Solution
With regard to the list of novels I mentioned the other day: I quickly read The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad which is short and interesting but thin gruel compared to Heart of Darkness.
So it was back to the list. At the nudging of Steve Layman of A Layman's Blog, I started The Black Widow by Daniel Silva.
Long-time readers of this blog know I'm a major Silva fan. Although I recommend reading his Gabriel Allon series from the beginning, if you don't mind jumping into it at a later stage, The Black Widow is a good introduction. My guess, however, is that it will spark a desire to read the entire series.
Excellent.
Capitalism and Cool
Do you know what Steve Jobs did not need before returning to Apple and what Elon Musk did not need before starting Tesla? A paycheck. They wanted to do something cool, to create something new and delightful and previously unknown.
- Kevin D. Williamson
- Kevin D. Williamson
Sunday, May 19, 2019
Baseball Postcards
Check out the upcoming postcards of extraordinary players of the Negro Leagues. [Note the career span of Satchel Paige.]
Miscellaneous and Fast
- CNN: There could be a Brexit mess on May 23.
- Boris Johnson is going for the big one.
- The trailer for "His Dark Materials."
- Mitigating Chaos notes his parents' 65th wedding anniversary!
- Conrad Black on his case and his pardon.
- The trailer for "The Command."
- BrainSharpener: The most loyal dog breeds.
- City Journal: Crime in San Francisco.
Saturday, May 18, 2019
Go for Cinches
I like to go for cinches. I like to shoot fish in a barrel. But I like to do it after the water has run out.
- Warren Buffett
- Warren Buffett
Far Too Cozy
It was said that the late Senator Henry Jackson (D-WA) avoided the D.C. party cocktail party circuit because he was wary of the coziness between politicians and the press.
This spoof video based on Kevin Spacey's "House of Cards" character inadvertently illustrates a far too cozy relationship between the politicians, the press, and Hollywood.
Bock's Assignments
Wally Bock has issued his weekend leadership reading assignments. Always thought-provoking.
[Photo by Luke Tanis at Unsplash]
Pondering
Just finished reading Tishomingo Blues by Elmore Leonard. Am currently reading several books on politics, history, and management so there is now an opening for another novel. The contenders are:
- The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene
- China White by Peter Maas
- The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad
- The Last Chronicle of Barset by Anthony Trollope
- The Black Widow by Daniel Silva
- Volk's Game by Brent Ghelfi
- Blood & Beauty: The Borgias by Sarah Dunant
- The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
- Dictator by Robert Harris
- Terror by Dan Simmons
All of them look good. I read the Greene book many years ago.
Hmm.
[Update: My choice was The Secret Sharer.]
[Update: My choice was The Secret Sharer.]
Recent Film
Plot: Predictable.
Dialogue: Wooden.
Characters: Shallow.
Body count: High.
Special effects: Ample.
Box office: Major hit.
Friday, May 17, 2019
Happiness
If we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, and that is almost always difficult, since we think them happier than they are.
- Montesquieu
[Photo by Logan Isbell at Unsplash]
"Woke"
I was the only child of two barristers. I learnt early on that my private education and frequent family holidays to Montenegro and the Maldives were merely a ruse by which my parents could distract me from my oppression.
- From Woke: A Guide to Social Justice by Titania McGrath
- From Woke: A Guide to Social Justice by Titania McGrath
Uncovered: Popular Writing Assignments
Assignment No. 1: Pick a famous person from the past. Using modern standards of conduct, write an essay describing how that person's achievements were not achievements at all but were harmful, unethical, and marred by racism.
Assignment No. 2: Write an essay unfavorably comparing your country to a utopia that has never existed and which is not likely to exist. Frame your analysis as if that utopia does in fact exist but do not name it.
Assignment No. 3: Write an analysis of a political issue. In order to present the illusion of balance, quote the most persuasive arguments from one side and the least persuasive arguments from the other. Begin and conclude by referring to the position that is favored. [Extra points will be given if you imply that the weaker side is uneducated or evil.]
[Photo by Nijwam Swargiary at Unsplash]
The Biggest Problem?
If I were to pick the biggest problem in most organizations it would be a lack of openness. Dissent goes underground not because it is driven there (although sometimes it is) but because people want to avoid conflict. They self-censor, often in the name of caring, but mainly because they don't want the hassle and unpleasantness that is risked when one is candid.
I've encountered some management teams that have not had a frank discussion in years.
If you want to turn a place around, do everything possible to encourage a culture of openness. This has to be a team effort and it must be genuine. No one person will want to be open if everyone else is going to pretend that their partial truths are candid.
[Photo by Joao Tzanno at Unsplash]
First Paragraph
American public policy has lost its way. Since the middle of the last century, it has chased national economic growth, expecting that the benefits would be widely shared. Yet while gross domestic product (GDP) tripled from 1975 to 2015, the median worker's wages have barely budged. Half of Americans born in 1980 were earning less at age thirty than their parents had made at that age. Millions of people have dropped out of the labor force entirely.
- From The Once and Future Worker: A Vision for the Renewal of Work in America by Oren Cass
- From The Once and Future Worker: A Vision for the Renewal of Work in America by Oren Cass
Thursday, May 16, 2019
Music Break with Blunt Opinion
"Stardust" sung by Nat King Cole.
Other versions may be noble efforts but they don't even come close.
Other versions may be noble efforts but they don't even come close.
An Extraordinary Man
In City Journal, Heather Mac Donald remembers George Kelling, co-author of the "broken windows" theory. An excerpt:
Kelling and Wilson hypothesized that communities where public disorder goes unchecked were likely to enter a spiral of decline. Most people avoid public spaces perceived as being out of control, fearing that such hubs of disorder give cover to criminals. That perception becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy as the law-abiding stay indoors, ceding terrain to miscreants who flout the bourgeois social order. As aggressive begging, public inebriation, graffiti, and vandalism increase, thieves and robbers spot an environment where they can target victims with impunity.
Mood Management
Nicholas Bate raises a subject that deserves daily attention.
[Photo by Capturing the human heart at Unsplash]
Journalism's Fall
Cultural Offering and Victor Davis Hanson explore the death of journalism.
After the 2016 election, I naively thought that most of the major journalists and commentators would go through a period of humility and introspection. I've concluded that they are not capable of that.
At least, not for now.
After the 2016 election, I naively thought that most of the major journalists and commentators would go through a period of humility and introspection. I've concluded that they are not capable of that.
At least, not for now.
Wednesday, May 15, 2019
When Overlooking Tasks
We've all, at various times (Inner Voice: how about right now?) have overlooked a task.
That's human.
Closely examine a task that has been overlooked, however, and you may find that it represents a realm of neglected tasks. If there is one in a particular area, there are probably others.
Dystopian Novels
Jessica Doyle gives her list of the 60 best dystopian books.
I have not read all of them. The books in that general category that I'd recommend are:
- Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell. Still the best. Big Brother is still a threat.
- Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. It can be argued that Huxley's predictions (drugs,sex) were more on target than Orwell's but Orwell's book is more powerful.
- Submission by Michel Houellebecq. France gets a Muslim-dominated coalition government and the nation undergoes a transformation. A best seller in France and we all know why. [After I read it I wondered if the Germans have ever wondered what would happen if the far-right ever allied with the Islamists.]
- A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess. I think the book is better than the film. You'll even learn a new language while navigating the world of the unrepentant and the ultra-vi. So much for rehabilitation.
- The Road by Cormac McCarthy. One scary book with a father who is a genuine hero in a world that has fallen apart. Oh yes, and there are gangs of cannibals to avoid.
- Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. A society where firefighters burn books may not be as troubling as one that does not read them.
- Fatherland by Robert Harris. World War II reaches a stalemate, President Joseph Kennedy is going to meet with Hitler, and a secret is emerging.
- Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. A traveling theater troupe performs Shakespeare in a world where a mysterious illness has rapidly wiped out around 90 percent of the population. Sounds strange? Give it a read.
- On the Beach by Neville Shute. A nuclear war has finished off every country but Australia and radiation is heading south. The film version with Gregory Peck is also worth watching.
- I Am Legend by Richard Matheson. Being a sole survivor is rough enough but Matheson was the first to put vampires into the mix. There goes the neighborhood.
[Photo by Pawl Janiak at Unsplash]
Tuesday, May 14, 2019
First Paragraph
Supper was over by sundown, and Henry Edwards walked out from the house for a last look around. He carried his light shotgun, in hopes the rest of the family would think he meant to pick up a sage hen or two - a highly unlikely prospect anywhere near the house. He had left his gun belt on its peg beside the door, but he had sneaked the heavy six-gun itself into his waistband inside his shirt. Martha was washing dishes in the wooden sink close by, and both their daughters - Lucy, a grown-up seventeen, and Debbie, just coming ten - were drying and putting away. He didn't want to get them all stirred up; not until he could figure out for himself what had brought on his sharpened dread of the coming night.
- From The Searchers by Alan Le May
- From The Searchers by Alan Le May
Churchill and Burke
The New Criterion: Andrew Roberts on Churchill's debt to Edmund Burke.
[Photo by Arthur Osipyan at Unsplash]
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