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Fair Warning by Michael Connelly My rating: 4 of 5 stars I was pleasantly surprised to find myself enjoying this book. I didn't pa...

Morgan le Fay, King Arthur’s half-sister (sometimes called Morgana), is involved in the current plot in the Prince Valiant comic strip.  Thi...

by Theodore Dreiser Library of America, New York  972 pages. ISBN 978-1-931082-310. This outstanding novel is based on the true story of t...

A Girl's Life in the Incredible String Band By Rose Simpson. Strange Attractor Press. 2020. 264 pages. ISBN 978-1-90-7222672. I liked...

by Stephen King Pocket Books. 2008.  800 pages. ISBN-13: 978-1416552963 This is a superior entry in the King canon. As you'd expect, it...

by Irwin Shaw Dell Publishing Co. New York. 1951.  509 pages. ISBN 0-440-18608-0 My rating: 4 of 5 stars The Communist witch hunt of t...

By Danielle Trussoni Viking New York. 2013. 320 pages.  ISBN-13: 978-1-101-60606-3 Angelopolis by Danielle Trussoni My rating: 4 of 5 star...

Prepare for frustration when it's your turn to be vaccinated. Scheduling an appointment is a major headache. That's the case even t...

23 Actresses Who Suffered Early Deaths, Accidents, Missteps, Illnesses and Tragedies  By Laura Wagner McFarland & Company, Inc. Jefferso...

My favorite radio station is WQED-FM , a classical music channel. Normally I listen for a couple of hours each day. But WQED has been off...

Noted music critic and English hipster Richard Williams has just published a list of his favorite disco songs.  When he was writing for Melo...

by Michael S. Schmidt Random House. New York. 2020. 432 pages. ISBN 978-1-9848-5466-7 This is a responsible, well-researched account. Schmid...

 I’ve just signed my mail-in ballot for the November 2020 election. I voted for Joe Biden. Not Donald Trump. And I shall tell you why.   T...

The often-seen statement "We support our police" strikes me as too broad.  My support is conditional. I support police officers wh...

  This graph shows Covid-19 data for the entire USA (source: The New York Times) .  It’s not encouraging.    The average daily case counts g...

With the news of Diana Rigg's death, I've been thinking about why she made such an impression on me. I first became aware of her whe...

  [Cartoon by Kevin Kallaugher. The Economist.] Every few weeks, The President of the United States says or tweets something that irritates...