it’s been a bad few months; ritchie, jobs and now hitch. love him or hate him, he forced you to think and digest things. i largely loved his columns and his books but i took issue with his iraq war stance. i never wrapped my mind around the falklands bit and didn’t square with his socialist leanings. (real socialism, not the shit tea party definitions) that said, i rarely missed the opportunity to read him....
i’ve often found myself wondering if W was really as obtuse as he seemed publicly. ...
in no particular order. ...
this nybooks article got me to thinking about the role of the library in my life over the years. when i was a kid there were multiple trips to the library each week. we were beneficiaries of what i can recall as a solid library system. now, i don’t know how true that was/is, but the library certainly held a place of reverence in our home and i could count on it being open pretty much every day of the week....