Stalin's rehabilitation is under way.   Read the rest of this entry »

The music on this CD is an homage to a lot of great guitarists - including Sonny himself. The slide guitar work is awesome. The album is a veritable cornucopia of talents, with guitarists like Mark Knopfler, Eric Clapton, Robben Ford, and Eric Johnson.   Read the rest of this entry »

Even if you’re not into zombies, the world war z abridged audio production of World War Z is worth a listen.   Read the rest of this entry »

Isaac's Storm is about the devastating Galveston hurricane of 1900, the nascent National Weather Service ... and their spectacular and criminal incompetence.   Read the rest of this entry »

Erik Larson's Thunderstruck reads like a novel, but it isn't. It's a non-fiction history of the invention of wireless telegraphy and a famous murder.   Read the rest of this entry »

Arundel is an entertaining and highly informative story, and it is clear that Roberts did a lot of research. This reader learned a lot from reading it, and independently verified some of what Roberts had to say, following the trail whose origins the author thankfully included in a brief bibliography at the end of the book.   Read the rest of this entry »

Life is transitory, but not meaningless and without purpose. Uncovering that purpose, and recognizing the transitory nature of our time on earth, forces one to confront certain realities that the are unpleasant to a mind that has been trained brain-washed to focus only upon what it can see, touch and feel.   Read the rest of this entry »

The poet and novelist Marion Montgomery, wrote: “The truth of things, which must be our concern always, is revealed through words rightly used and rightly taken.”   Read the rest of this entry »

Sometimes you can judge a book by it's cover.   Read the rest of this entry »

Political Correctness has some pretty nasty consequences if you are a girl in Rotherham England.   Read the rest of this entry »