Last week in the “Washington Post,” Ron Charles took note of a rare feat pulled off by “Less,” the winner of the annual Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. It is a comic novel. He’s certainly right that honors are rarely heaped … Continue reading
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When Thoreau refused to pay a tax to support the Mexican War, he was tossed in jail. Emerson visited him and asked, “Henry, what are you doing in here?” Thoreau replied, “Ralph, what are you doing out there?” This came … Continue reading