Review: ‘Creatures of a Day’ by Irvin D. Yalom
Psychiatrist Irv Yalom is 83. I call him Irv because that's what he asks his psychiatric patients to call him. I picture him as a sprightly firecracker of a guy,...
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Review: ‘Lincoln and the Power of the Press’ by Harold Holzer
For the North, the goal of the Civil War was to reunite the nation. That's how Abraham Lincoln defined it and why the Northern states rallied behind the effort. Yet,...
Was he Scrooge or St. Scrooge? You decide.
If I call you a "scrooge," that's not a good thing. We all know that a scrooge is a miser, a misanthrope, a bitter wasted soul. "Bah, humbug!" It's a...
Review: ‘Neverhome’ by Laird Hunt
It was maybe an hour after I finished reading Laird Hunt's new novel "Neverhome" that the gears of my mind suddenly shifted and fell into place. Up until that point,...
Book clubs explore life, not just books
When I was a young man, I reveled in my physical strength and intellectual acuity. Today, I'm very aware of my fragility. When I was younger, I was hungry for...
Review: ‘Fierce Patriot’ by Robert L. O’Connell
The American nation would be much different if Union Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman had never lived. Sherman was one of the four men (the others being Abraham Lincoln, Robert E....
Review: ‘Astoria’ by Peter Stark
Storms at sea play a key role in the tale of John Jacob Astor's attempt to establish a pivotal trading center on the unsettled, little-known northern Pacific Coast in the...
Review: ‘Astoria’ by Peter Stark
Storms at sea play a key role in the tale of John Jacob Astor's attempt to establish a pivotal trading center on the unsettled, little-known northern Pacific Coast in the...
James C. Dowdle, former Tribune Co. executive, dies
James C. Dowdle, a born salesman known for his flashy ties and sharp intuition about the television industry, played a key role in the transformation of Tribune Co. into a...
James C. Dowdle, former Tribune Co. executive, dies
James C. Dowdle, a born salesman known for his flashy ties and sharp intuition about the television industry, played a key role in the transformation of Tribune Co. into a...