Christopher Hitchens’ prescription for an ailing planet
When discussing Christopher Hitchens’ prescription – or more accurately, prescriptions – for an ailing planet – the uniqueness of the thinker and author is almost impossible to ignore. Christopher Hitchens was one of a kind. Read More
Vichy…on le reexamine…je suis né quelques annees apres le fin de la Deuxieme Guerre Mondiale. Comme beaucoup des Americains – surtout les Americains qui ont suivi les cours de francais – je suis fascine par l’histoire de le France pendant cette époque tellement complexe. Read More
Meet author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Ms. Adichie was born in Nigeria in 1977. She is from Abba, in Anambra State, but grew up in the university town of Nsukka where she attended primary and secondary schools and briefly studied Medicine and Pharmacy. Read More
Anatole Broyard and Passing for White…born into the rigid racial caste system of the nineteen-twenties Deep South, the gifted New York Times literary critic Anatole Broyard died a country squire in Connecticut in 1990. His secret – that he was “passing” for white in an utterly race-conscious America – was disclosed to his daughter only at the end of his life. Read More
80″home television screens are now available, and who knows how big they’ll be in a few years. It may be that the home of the not-too-distant future will have a built in wall screen with tv/internet/sms access and e-reading capabilities. Read More
