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Thoughts for the Day35 comments

davidrochester wrote 1 week ago: 1) Most people trying to write today have no clue what they’re doing.  I was forcibly slapped … more →

Tags: babbitt, Ballet, Brad Pitt and how much I hate him, disappointing flowers, Editing, flexibility, getting the most out of your cut roses, people who ruined my breakfast, posting photos on dating sites

Boobs and Babbitts and Uppity Negroes1 comment

robertemmet wrote 2 weeks ago: By John Aloysius Farrell There are two possibilities I see, as I contemplate the loathsome media cov … more →

Tags: Politics, media, McCain, obama, Uppity Negro, babbitt, Mencken, Barnum

"Work of Art" by Sinclair Lewis

aziomedia wrote 3 weeks ago: Sinclair Lewis This a a rare surviving copy of the New York Times Book Review with American author, … more →

Tags: Artists & Authors, New York Times Book Review, Newspapers, Nobel Prize

Could have seen it coming?

jen wrote 1 month ago: “When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross.” Sinc … more →

Tags: Fascism in America

TELLING TRUE STORIES ABOUT HIV/AIDS2 comments

Henry Bauer wrote 3 months ago: How to entice into “rethinking AIDS”, into questioning the conventional wisdom, people who have … more →

Tags: antiretroviral drugs, HIV does not cause AIDS, HIV tests, Legal aspects, sexual transmission, "What if Everything you knew about AIDS was Wrong?", “Are You Positive”, “Science Sold Out”, “State of Fear”

studio visit with andrea higgins1 comment

toddhosfelt wrote 3 months ago: this is a portrait of first lady pat nixon by andrea higgins. several years ago, higgins became int … more →

Tags: Art, Stories, artists studios, Design, Op-art, andrea higgins, portrait painting, abstraction, The Picture of Dorian Gray

Sinclair Lewis and Babbitt: The American Dream

vanhoff wrote 3 months ago: Hollowness is what Babbitt begins to feel as he sees the hypocrisy and homogenized world that he has … more →

Tags: Politics, Lifestyle, Sociology, Books, babbitt, Novels, middle class, middle class america, the perfect family

Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis- The American Middle Class

vanhoff wrote 3 months ago: Babbitt is a novel centered on the hypocrisy of the prosperous and conservative business class of 19 … more →

Tags: Politics, Lifestyle, Sociology, Books, babbitt, Novels, Book Reviews, American Lifestyles, american middle class

The Forbes Book of Great Business Letters: Best of the Best

bookworm wrote 3 months ago: I’ve finished reading The Forbes Book of Great Business Letters: Memos, Missives, Pitches, Pro … more →

Tags: History, Marketing, Communication, Law, Business Books, Reading, Andrew Carnegie, Letters, Memos

On My Mother is a Fish and Other Related Topics

jenndiggity wrote 4 months ago: I just finished reading Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying and it was fantastic, disgusting, heartwren … more →

Tags: Pedagogy, Teaching, language, Philosophy, Autism, Pécs, Verbal Behavior Analysis, Language acquisition, language delays

Candidate Elmer Gantry surfaces again

politichick wrote 4 months ago: Barack Obama has a chief supporter in Oprah Winfrey, who practically kicked off his campaign when sh … more →

Tags: america, cling, elitist, Elmer Gantry, Guns, Jeramiah Wright, obama, racism, Religion

Book Review: Main Street1 comment

marcys wrote 4 months ago: Main Street by Sinclair Lewis, 1920 I thought I had a pretty good education; I know it was superi … more →

Tags: Fiction, Literature, Reviews, Nobel in Literature, Book Review, Small Town America

Salman Rushdie

climach wrote 6 months ago: Salman Rushdie knows language. His sentences twist and drip with images and meanings so … more →

Tags: 04. the rational fear of paranoia, 16. us and them, Books, Rushdie, bernard shaw, Salman Rushdie, The Moor's Last Sigh

The Great American Novel9 comments

woowooteacup wrote 6 months ago: My writing buddy, Soloist, and I met last night to talk about, what else? Writing. During the cour … more →

Tags: Blog, Writers, Friend, Stories, Life, writing, book, Author, language

Sinclair Lewis on patriotism, the flag, and fascism5 comments

Ed Darrell wrote 6 months ago: Oh, my. You can’t purchase the actual poster anywhere. It’s a photographic political c … more →

Tags: Famous Quotes, History, History and art, Patriotism, Quotes, Fascism, us flag

Sinclair Lewis and political prophecy

Lance wrote 6 months ago: In early February of 1948, Sinclair Lewis was quoted in the Gazette and Daily, a York, Pennsylvania, … more →

Tags: Philosophy, History, Fascism, Nazi

"Elmer Gantry," the Opera

Mark Athitakis wrote 7 months ago: The New York Times has an excellent story (with audio) on the difficulties of staging and financing … more →

Bridge of Sighs

Jake Seliger wrote 7 months ago: Richard Russo said he’s been in Seattle to promote every one of his books, and I wish I’ … more →

Tags: Books, Culture, Richard Russo, Straight Man, Bridge of Sighs, Elliott Bay Books, Lucy Lynch, Tolstoy, main street

Lindbergh and the Federal Reserve Act

Brooke Trout wrote 10 months ago: I ran across a blog and some news clips that I found unsettling. Since I just posted Zeitgeist, a fi … more →

Tags: fish wrap, Government, Mystery, Opinion, Politics, Society, , Charles Lindbergh, Federal Reserve Act


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