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Book Review: Main Street, by Sinclair Lewis

Posted on April 20, 2019 by labeak52

Before I read Main Street I would have confused Sinclair Lewis with Upton Sinclair.  Both of them American novelists of the early 20th century; both of them having written books that English teachers require their students to read and that nobody … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Natural Born Heroes

Posted on March 14, 2018 by labeak52

        I think someone once said that the farther we get away from historical events the better we understand them.   World War II is almost beyond living memory now and yet stories keep emerging about till-now … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The World of Yesterday

Posted on March 14, 2018 by labeak52

    I’m sixty-five years old. I’m educated and I have spent a good deal of my leisure reading and watching movies. After reading this book I find it hard to believe that I had never heard of Stefan Zweig … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Lay Down Your Arms

Posted on March 14, 2018 by labeak52

  Bertha Von Suttner C.S. Lewis placed great value on the reading of old books.   He said that a person ought to read at least two “old books” for every new book read. He argued that old books serve … Continue reading →

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Book Review: 12 Rules for Life

Posted on March 14, 2018 by labeak52

I have just finished reading Jordan Peterson’s new book, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos, and I feel like I have been in a fight. But it’s a good fight.  The very kind of fight we long for if … Continue reading →

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Book Review: 12 Rules for Life

Posted on February 14, 2018 by labeak52

  I have just finished reading Jordan Peterson’s new book, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos, and I feel like I have been in a fight. But it’s a good fight.  The very kind of fight we long … Continue reading →

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Twelve Rules for Life – Or Death?

Posted on February 6, 2018 by labeak52

In my last post I cited Walker Percy’s observation that this modern age is one of “theory and consumption.”     That means, according to Brian A. Smith in his commentary on Percy, that: Americans are a sad people, and we commonly … Continue reading →

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Twelve More Rules: Really?

Posted on February 3, 2018 by labeak52

  You already know, if you read this blog regularly, that I am a consistent reader of Rod Dreher.  He blogs extensively – actually, almost manically at times – over at The American Conservative.  He writes about the intersections between … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Lay Down Your Arms

Posted on January 24, 2018 by labeak52

Bertha Von Suttner C.S. Lewis placed great value on the reading of old books.   He said that a person ought to read at least two “old books” for every new book read. He argued that old books serve to … Continue reading →

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Just One Click!

Posted on November 4, 2017 by labeak52

      Here is one of the many positive reviews of my novel, Overtime: A Basketball Parable:   This is a poignant book. At first it seems like “Field of Dreams–Basketball.” Once you push past the initial parallels, the … Continue reading →

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