The Bookstore Implosion
posted about 1 year ago | 1 comment
The news that Barnes and Noble is putting itself up for sale and will be using its floor space to sell toys and other items spells the death knell for publishing and bookselling as we have known it in our time.
It was, of course, as predictable a...
It was, of course, as predictable a...
What Ever Happened to Empathy?
posted about 1 year ago | 1 comment
What a wonderful world we Americans live in today. We live with the illusion that all those who reside within our borders just love our country to death, even all Muslim Americans. No pun intended.
We are fighting two wars in two Muslim countries...
We are fighting two wars in two Muslim countries...
The March of Kindle
posted about 1 year ago | 6 comments
The recent announcement that sales volume on Kindle has just exceeded the sales of hardcover books on Amazon comes as no surprise to me. It simply shows that dedicated readers see the value of reading content on screens that are exclusive to that ...
Guilty As Charged
posted about 1 year ago | 1 comment
Peggy Noonan, who writes an interesting column in the Wall Street Journal has taken me to task in her recent column in the Wall Street Journal (July 16.) The title is “Youth Has Outlived Its Usefulness.” She nailed me right in the gut.
I’m not ta...
I’m not ta...
Reading Beyond the First Paragraph
posted about 1 year ago | 5 comments
I think it was Will Rogers, the homespun comedian, columnist and actor, who is probably unknown to most people under seventy, who once said something like “If a pipe was attached to congress you would have enough hot air to heat every home in Amer...
The Russian Affliction
posted about 1 year ago | 1 comment
The revelations about the Russian spy network in the United States has confirmed a long held theory of mine about the principal reason why the Russians lost the Cold War.
They’re paranoid. It’s in their DNA.
This is why they built their railroad...
They’re paranoid. It’s in their DNA.
This is why they built their railroad...
The Joy of Reading
posted about 1 year ago | 2 comments
It has become the prevailing opinion that people are not reading books with the same zeal, energy and enthusiasm as in bygone years. They could be right, although I cannot understand how people can live a rich, wise and fruitful life without readi...
Helen Thomas and the Jews
posted about 1 year ago | 2 comments
If a world-wide survey were taken as to the accuracy and relevance of Helen Thomas’s remarks about sending the Jews of Israel back to Poland and Germany “where they came from”, my guess is that there would be a lot more people who agree with her t...
Anti-Semitism Erupts
posted about 1 year ago | 1 comment
For the eight odd million Jews scattered over the planet and not living in Israel, events concerning Israel cannot be dismissed as if they were occurring in someone else’s back yard.
Whether a Jew is right-wing or left-wing, extreme or moderate, ...
Whether a Jew is right-wing or left-wing, extreme or moderate, ...
A Cautionary Tale for the Aspiring Novelist
posted about 1 year ago | 2 comments
A Cautionary Tale for the Aspiring Novelist
It has always been difficult for an aspiring novelist to get published by a traditional publisher. By novelist, I mean those who write mainstream novels that do not fall into any genre slot. The revolu...
It has always been difficult for an aspiring novelist to get published by a traditional publisher. By novelist, I mean those who write mainstream novels that do not fall into any genre slot. The revolu...
