Category Archives: Book reviews

Beyond the Picket Fence

Posted on January 10, 2018 by Stephen W. Browne

It finally happened, I’m published! “Well of course you’re published, I’m reading this in a newspaper aren’t I?” No no, I mean a book long in the making has been published, and I’m a contributor. “Beyond the Picket Fence: Life … Continue reading →

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They’re ba-a-a-ack!

Posted on March 3, 2009 by Stephen W. Browne

If you go here http://pajamasmedia.com/michaelledeen/2009/02/12/we-are-all-illiterates-now/ you’ll find a very nice article by Michael Ledeen that I meant to write – complete with the title I’d picked for it. Heavy sigh. Only goes to show the dangers of procrastination. When there … Continue reading →

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A bad time for lovers

Posted on November 29, 2008 by Stephen W. Browne

There has been a bit of Net buzz lately over Kay Hymowitz’s two articles about the marriage and dating scene, published this year in City Journal. Hymowitz first looked at the scene from the point view of women’s complaints in … Continue reading →

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Review: The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain

Posted on December 1, 2007 by Stephen W. Browne

The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain. Peter Sis, 2007. Frances Foster Books. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. New York. Not long ago, my wife and I were in the children’s section of Barnes and Noble bookstore when she found … Continue reading →

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7/7/7 Happy 100th Bob

Posted on July 7, 2007 by Stephen W. Browne

Today, Saturday 7/7/7 is the hundredth anniversary of SF author Robert Anson Heinlein’s birth. It’s actually difficult to write anything about Heinlein that wouldn’t lengthen into a book by way of digressions, qualifications and defenses against some of the more … Continue reading →

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At the Core

Posted on May 12, 2007 by Stephen W. Browne

Issues of courage and cowardice have been on my mind a lot lately. In my reviews of ‘300’ I mentioned that the disturbing thing about the bad reviews I’ve read isn’t that they didn’t like it, it’s definitely not to … Continue reading →

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Review: A Conflict of Visions, by Thomas Sowell

Posted on April 28, 2007 by Stephen W. Browne

Dr. Thomas Sowell is one of those authors whose laundry lists I’d read. Reading A Conflict of Visions was one of the “Ah-ha!” moments of my life. Sowell is an economist, newspaper columnist and Fellow at the Hoover Institution. He … Continue reading →

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Religions that never were – but might be

Posted on November 19, 2006 by Stephen W. Browne

Hymn to Mithras, sung by the XXX Legion stationed at the Wall (Hadrian’s) north of Eboracum (modern York). Mithras, God of the Morning, our trumpets waken the wall!Rome is above the Nations, but Thou art over all,Now as the names … Continue reading →

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