Bizarre Book of the Week: Can America Survive?
From the renowned author of the gripping Eat This and Live! and the fear-filled Jerusalem Countdown comes the latest book to capitalize on America’s fascination with the endtimes, Can America Survive?: 10 Prophetic Signs That We Are the Terminal Generation. You might remember John Hagee. He’s the guy who blamed Hurricane Katrina on “the gays,” though I was [...]
This Week’s Poll: What’s the Most Difficult Book You’ve Ever Read?
Some books require more effort than others, and deciding whether or not that work is worthwhile isn’t always easy either. In the spirit of full disclosure, though, it’s fine to admit that your copy of Ulysses has only been cracked open once, ten years ago. It’s also okay to come clean that you never finished [...]
This Week in History: Week of September 19
September 23, 1949: Bruce Springsteen, singer and songwriter of “Born in the U.S.A.,” “Born to Run,” “Hungry Heart,” and “Jungleland,” is born in Long Branch, New Jersey. September 19, 1819: John Keats writes one of the best-loved English poems, Ode to Autumn. September 19, 1974: Eric Clapton receives a gold record for “I Shot the [...]
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Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.
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