Missive #434 Published 26 January 2025
Continuing The Federalist Papers
Federalist No. 39
The Conformity of the Plan to Republican Principles
Author: James Madison
To the People of the State of New York:
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Missive #433 Published 24 January 2025
71. Nasruddin the Nightingale
Nasruddin had broken into an apricot orchard and climbed a tree.As he was stuffing his pockets with apricots, the owner of the orchard discovered him.
“What are you doing up in that tree?” the man shouted.
Nasruddin said nothing.
“I repeat: what are you doing up there?”
“Are you talking to me?” asked Nasruddin.
“Yes, you!”
“I’m just a nightingale,” said Nasruddin. “This tree is my home.”
“If you’re a nightingale, sing!” said the man.
Nasruddin sang. He sang very badly.
“You don’t sound like a nightingale!”
“I’m a young nightingale,” said Nasruddin. “I’m still just learning to sing.”
Missive #432 Published 22 January 2025
Bernard Cornwell makes real history come alive in his breathtaking historical fiction. Praised as "the direct heir to Patrick O'Brian" (Agincourt, The Fort), Cornwell has brilliantly captured the fury, chaos, and excitement of battle as few writers have ever done—perhaps most vividly in his phenomenally popular novels following the illustrious military career of British Army officer Richard Sharpe during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Chronicling Sharpe's involvement in the famous Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, Sharpe's Trafalgar finds the young ensign captive on a French warship and in gravest peril on the eve of the one of the most spectacular naval confrontations in history. Perhaps the San Francisco Chronicle said it best: "If only all history lessons could be as vibrant."
Missive #431 Published 21 January 2025
Reviews of High Border Country should be entrusted to novelists since it is one of many current books which are historically based, but in which the emphasis is upon the telling of a good story. The book is superb, rapidly moving description, generously sprinkled with potent adjectives and conversation which skillfully etch the portraits of he-men, and in some cases of he-women, who careen through a famous or an infamous career, usually to a sudden death with their boots on. The book is one of the best collections of tall tales of the northern high plains which have been produced. It is possible that it may give a new name to the upper Missouri country of Montana and portions of the adjoining Dakotas, Wyoming, and Idaho in which it has its setting.
Missive #430 Published 20 January 2025
At least half of these essays were published in previous books. Those that were not were most likely written by Huxley in his 'later years' when he became mystical, experimented with mescaline and LSD and became an advisor to Timothy Leary.
Missive #429 Published 19 January 2025
Continuing The Anti-Federalist Papers
Cato I
by George Clinton
To the People of the State of New York:
Missive #428 Published 17 January 2025
I didn't like The Passenger very much and liked this book even less. McCarthy was a trustee for the Santa Fe Institute (SFI), a multidisciplinary research center devoted to the study of complex adaptive systems. Unlike most members of the SFI, McCarthy did not have a scientific background. However, he apparently let the research center thinking influence his writing and these last two books were the result.
70. Nasruddin and the Wind…
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Missive #425 Published 12 January 2025
Continuing The Federalist Papers.
Federalist No. 38
Concerning the Difficulties of the Convention in Devising a Proper Form of Government
Author: James Madison
To the People of the State of New York: