Category Archives: reading
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Confusing English, Difficult Reading, and Bad Politics
Leave a commentMay 6, 2015 by libroshombre
The Atlantic Monthly is such a good magazine that I subscribe to it, even though I can read it, and …
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The Persistent Importance of Print, Reading, and School Libraries
Leave a commentMarch 10, 2015 by libroshombre
Dozens of studies agree: people prefer reading print books over electronic devices. In the 1990’s some folks insisted, rather stridently, …
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Swapping Spit, Being Cold, and Getting Smart
1January 27, 2015 by libroshombre
Vladimir Nabokov’s opinion that, “revelation can be more dangerous than revolution,” resonated after reading about several new scientific discoveries. The …
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Tree Asps, Knock-knock Jokes, and Surprising Books
Leave a commentJanuary 5, 2015 by libroshombre
The powerful 17th century French nobleman Francois de La Rochefoucauld made a sad commentary on his life when he wrote, …
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Old Water, Tear Topography, and Why Geezers Grin
Leave a commentDecember 25, 2014 by libroshombre
“Water is the driving force of all nature,” observed Leonardo da Vinci, and earth’s water predates the sun, according to …
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Musical Compulsions, Analog Reading, and Smelly Books
Leave a commentAugust 7, 2014 by libroshombre
“Preference” is defined in Ambrose Bierce’s “The Devil’s Dictionary” as “a sentiment, or frame of mind, induced by the erroneous …
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New Books To Foist Off Alzheimer’s
Leave a commentJuly 3, 2014 by libroshombre
“The Wells Fargo wagon is a-coming” theme from “The Music Man” always resounds in the background as I drive home …
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Awareness, Curios Children, and Margaret Wise Brown
Leave a commentMay 22, 2014 by libroshombre
Brazilian author Paul Coelho wrote that “You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day …
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Dogs, Dr. Seuss, and the Moral Molecule
Leave a commentMay 1, 2014 by libroshombre
Most of my life’s been spent in the pleasurable company of dogs, and, like Mark Twain, I believe “The dog …
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Baseball, Personal MBAs, and the Eagles of Dutch Harbor
Leave a commentMarch 6, 2014 by libroshombre
It’s snowing in Fairbanks, but springtime for professional baseball teams, including my beloved Texas Rangers. Though never much of a …
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