I’m back to my friend author Sven Birkerts again today, and his book, The Gutenberg Elegies. He postures that reading today is not like reading “back in the day,” where the book was the main medium for learning and gaining information. On the other hand, today’s “readers” have grown up with electronic gadgets bombarding them ...
… or a magazine, or newspaper, or even a web site with solid, informative text? For me, it’s books. I have stacks throughout my house. In fact, many books remain in their bags because I love the touch, feel, and smell (mostly) of new books. And at the rate I’m going, these books will be ...
I am outraged. I am incredulous. I am disgusted. Oil companies are making record profits Pharmaceutical companies are raking it in. HMO’s are doing very well Yes, I am outraged, incredulous, and disgusted about the aforementioned, but I am more outraged, incredulous, and disgusted that the people of our country are taking it in silence. ...