Missive #305 Published 7 July 2024
Continuing The Anti-Federalist Papers
Brutus V
by Robert Yates
To the Citizens of the State of New-York
Missive #304 Published 5 July 2024
42. NASRUDDIN THE OPTIMIST
Nasruddin’s neighbor saw him kneeling by the side of the lake, spooning something into the water. He was used to Nasruddin behaving strangely, but this was unusual even for Nasruddin. He decided to go investigate and see what Nasruddin was doing.
As the neighbor got closer, he saw that Nasruddin was spooning yogurt into the lake.
“Why are you spooning yogurt into the lake?” asked the neighbor.
“It’s starter!” Nasruddin explained. “I am hoping to turn the whole lake into yogurt.”
“But that’s impossible!” said his neighbor.
“Yes, it’s impossible,” admitted Nasruddin. “But just imagine how wonderful it would be!”
Missive #303 Published 3 July 2024
As the promo says this book is a good reference. It also gave the author a stump where he could criticize the 'West'. I have the feeling that he believed in the communist ideology and has found a home in China.
Missive #302 Published 30 June 2024
Continuing The Federalist Papers.
Federalist No. 24
The Powers Necessary to the Common Defense Further Considered
Author: Alexander Hamilton
To the People of the State of New York:
Missive #301 Published 28 June 2024
41. NASRUDDIN IS PERPLEXED…
This is another very good history book, a genre that Dos Passos began writing in 1954 when he wrote The Head and Heart of Thomas Jefferson. I did not like his earlier novels but his history nonfiction has been very good.
Missive #300 Published 25 June 2024
I don't want to write this because I'm a fan of McCarthy's work, and Suttree is technically a good book. The prose is superb, the characters are complex, and the situations that arise are often creative and interesting. So whats the issue? The issue is that the books has basically no plot and Suttree is an utterly unlikable protagonist. The book is literally watching a person waste away their life doing nothing for 500 or so pages.
Suttree spends most of the novel getting drunk, and whining about how awful his life is while being totally aware that it's his choice. He is deliberately making his life terrible and then bemoans his situation. Self loathing at its finest.
The one shining light in the novel is his friend Harrogate's numerous misadventures. These are some great distractions that populate an otherwise bleak portrait. In the end, Harrogate's character never realizes his full potential. Like the rest of the novel, he too just becomes another piece of Suttree's miserable existence. — Customer Reveiew @ goodreads.com
Missive #299 Published 23 June 2024
Continuing The Anti-Federalist Papers
Brutus IV
by Robert Yates
To the Citizens of the State of New-York
Missive #298 Published 21 June 2024
40. NASRUDDIN’S BURIED TREASURE
One of Nasruddin’s neighbors noticed him in the yard digging a hole. When he went to find out just what Nasruddin was doing, he saw that Nasruddin had dug many holes here and there.
“Why are you digging all these holes?” the neighbor asked.
Nasruddin stared at him wild-eyed. “I’m trying to find the money I buried here last year! Now I really need the money, but I can’t find the spot where I buried it.”
“Didn’t you use something to mark the spot?”
Missive #297 Published 18 June 2024
“Fraser’s rousing historical novel tracks the rise and fall of the real-life boxer Tom Molineaux, a Virginia slave who fought his way to freedom and then to celebrity in England in the early 1800s.”–New York Times Book Review Bringing historical fact spiritedly to life, Fraser tells the rollicking tale of how “the Black Ajax” became as famous a figure in England as Napoleon — and just as much a threat to its establishment — before he passed into boxing legend and created a precedent for modern black prizefighters. — Book promo @ Da Capo Press
Missive #296 Published 16 June 2024
Continuing The Federalist Papers.
Federalist No. 23
The Necessity of a Government as Energetic as the One Proposed to the Preservation of the Union
Author: Alexander Hamilton
To the People of the State of New York: