After knocking off a few other things on my list, I’m finally ready to tackle Mark Twain’s Autobiography. Anyone else out there making a run at it? Preliminary thoughts? Tips? Especially interested in thoughts on reading the footnotes and other scholarly info…what’s the cost/benefit in this case?
My column this week at the Post: seeking a fitting tribute for Judge John Roll. Now that his spot on the bench is empty, the best tribute to Roll would be to fill it quickly – along with all the other empty federal judgeships across the country – and to give the federal courts more … Continue reading
More Niebuhr, along the lines of my earlier post on Obama: The fact of death threatens life with meaninglessness unless man is ‘saved by hope’ and understands life in such a way that neither his involvement in history nor his transcendence over it destroys the meaning of life. … Life and history are filled with … Continue reading
I watched the President’s speech in Arizona last night with a fair measure of pessimism. Facing the highest of expectations after half a week of intensive, overheated public debate (fueled by an ever-quickening news cycle), Obama seemed sure to disappoint. No one could match the hype. Of course, if you watched the speech last night, … Continue reading
