My daughter will return to the UK – her birthplace – next month to start a 5-year professional degree program in Materials Chemistry at the University of St. Andrews. Shemade a wise choice. I believe that college is a bad investment unless your child is majoring in science, technology, engineering or mathematics. Otherwise they can […]
Greece is Going – Will Obama Follow?
This morning’s New York Times had an authoritative analysis of Greece’s imploding economy. The article hints that the global financial community is bracing itself for a Greek exit from the euro zone, yet it doesn’t address the implications for the United States, especially for this year’s elections. Greece is going – the only remaining question […]
The German General Who Told Hitler to Go Screw Himself
I am fascinated by colorful historical characters, especially military or naval figures. Very few of these people could be considered truly heroic. One of the rare exceptions is Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck, commander of a small German army – largely composed of black troops – that fought the British Empire in East Africa during World […]
THE DEATH OF CHIVALRY
My agent, Jody Rein, recently introduced me to an interesting piece in the New York Times about the influence of Sir Walter Scott’s literature on Southern attitudes during the Civil War. The NYT commentary said Scott’s “highly idealized depiction of the age of chivalry allowed Southern readers and writers to find positive meaning in war’s […]
BOARDWALK EMPIRE – The Real Esther Randolph
Boardwalk Empire fans: did you know Esther Randolph is closely based on an extraordinary real woman named Mabel Walker Willebrandt? I love HBO’s Boardwalk Empire. It nails the 1920s, and the reality-based characters from Capone to Daugherty are pretty accurately portrayed. But what really knocks me out about the show are the lesser-known but historically […]
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