Short Takes
Brief observations about books—IKE’s and others—with occasional commentary on the world around me.
Life Without Principle
Life Without Principle is a timeless reminder to all of us to reconsider what truly constitutes a life well-lived and to seek a path that leads to genuine satisfaction and ethical living.
Glenn Gould in Six Parts
Glenn Gould favored solitude because he felt that purity was contaminated by the world, by the competition and judgments of the world, and his goal was to preserve that purity.
Preservation
After seventy years of successful preservation, Lenin’s body is deteriorating faster than the morticians and biochemical scientists can manage.
The Future Consequences of Present Actions
The seed we plant today shall be the harvest of tomorrow.
I Am Tom Waits!
“If you want to read a story version of Being John Malkovich transferred to the mind of Mr. Waits, here you go, minus the scheming plot.”—The Florida Review (Online)
Brown Morning
A parable of the rise of fascism and how easily people give up their rights.
