The Function Of A Great

True, The Name Of The Product Wasn't So Great. Kindle? It Was Cute And Sinister At The Same Time - Worse Than Edsel, Or Probe, Or Microsoft's Bob. But One Forgives A Bad Name. One Even Comes To Be Fond Of A Bad Name, If The Product Itself Is Delightful.

I Keep Thinking I'll Enjoy Suspense Novels, And Sometimes I Do. I've Read About 20 Dick Francis Novels.

Updike Was The First To Take The Penile Sensorium Under The Wing Of Elaborate Metaphorical Prose.

Churchill Was A Brilliant And Inspiring Rhetorician, But One Of The First Things He Did As The Head Of The British Nation Was To Put German Jews In Jail. Tens Of Thousands Of Jews - Who Had Just Been Fortunate Enough To Get Out From Under Hitler Only A Few Years Before - Spent The Entire War In Jail.

It's Troubling To See How Often Winston Churchill Is A Proponent Of Massive Programs That Are Really Aimed At Civilians - Starvation Blockades And Chemical Warfare Stockpiles And So On.