“Being in a minority, even in a minority of one, did not make you mad. There was truth and there was untruth, and if you clung to the truth even against the whole world, you were not mad.”– George Orwell, 1984 Ben Franklin once said, “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” It’s a sentiment this country has been at odds with since its inception, from the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II, […]
Rousseau, Holden Caulfield, and Ringo Star walk into a review…
Last year, my goal was to read a biography of every president. Well, I failed. I read 15 biographies (but two of George W. Bush). That goal is still in play this year, however. But my I’ve also given myself a new goal: to read more literature. I generally focus more on sci-fi/fantasy and history, and have found myself woefully inadequate in other areas. I’ve never read Jane Austen, or Tolstoy, or William Faulkner. I aim to remedy that in 2016. On it’s face, Metamorphosis […]
The Trial – Review #5 for AamilTheCamel
The court doesn’t want anything from you. It accepts you when you come and it lets you go when you leave.