Writing

July 5, 2011

Today, July 5: Honor our veterans….

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On July 5, 1932 veterans of World War I blocked the steps to the United States Capitol in futile...

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July 4, 2011

July 4: Was it worth the risk?

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How much did your freedom cost you today? A bag of fireworks? A flag put up alongside your front...

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July 3, 2011

July 3: 1942 A world in turmoil

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In Paris, 1942, German authorities rounded up prominent Jews, including author Irène Némirovsky, who on July 3 wrote to...

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July 2, 2011

This Day: July 2 The Sun Also Sets

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“In the late summer of that year we lived in a house in a village that looked across the...

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July 1, 2011

This Day — July 1: The Watershed of Our history

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Four score and seven years after the Declaration of Independence, all that already had happened in United States history...

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June 24, 2011

Seventy years ago

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What is happening today? There is war, or at least revolution, across North Africa and the Middle East, and...

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June 14, 2011

On my Nightstand

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For the second time in a month, I found myself in London. Unfortunately, this was a working trip, with...

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May 22, 2011

Old Filth, (2004), and The Man in the Wooden Hat, (2009), by Jane Gardem

On the Nightstand

If I am limited to recommend only one book, I urge you to read these two books. Jane Gardem...

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