Confessions of a Presidential Speechwriter by Craig R. Smith My rating: 3 of 5 stars Note: I received this as … More

This is a phenomenal piece of writing. It will get a Pulitzer Prize. Read it now. http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2014/05/the-case-for-reparations/361631/

Palin and all those who cheered her sacrilegious jibe ought to be ashamed of themselves. For us Christians, baptism is … More

“Oh, but you can’t offend [Islamic terrorists], can’t make them feel uncomfortable, not even a smidgen. Well, if I were … More

The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons, and an Unlikely Road to Manhood by Ta-Nehisi Coates My rating: 5 of … More

The Control of Nature by John McPhee My rating: 4 of 5 stars Very good, entertaining stories of three attempts … More

Zulu Heart by Steven Barnes My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is just a fine book. It is the … More

Between the Bridge and the River by Craig Ferguson My rating: 1 of 5 stars This is a dreadful, unfunny, … More

Very Far Away from Anywhere Else by Ursula K. Le Guin My rating: 5 of 5 stars My lord, this … More

Lion’s Blood by Steven Barnes My rating: 5 of 5 stars I was not prepared to love this book as … More

Recently someone posted on a website their observations about Black Americans, that they were curious and frustrated at how Black … More

The Butterfly’s Way: Voices from the Haitian Dyaspora in the United States by Edwidge Danticat My rating: 5 of 5 … More

The Nazi Seizure of Power. I generally don’t link to books, and I think predicting the future by using the … More

So I said I’d make this available. So here it is: “If Your Hair’s Too Long, There’s Sin in Your … More

Forever Free: The Story of Emancipation and Reconstruction by Eric Foner My rating: 5 of 5 stars Foner writes well. … More

“Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.” – Gilbert K. Chesterton … More