dlbruaMar 15, 20215 min readAnxious PeopleANXIOUS PEOPLE This is a story about the frailties of human beings. The man behind the the story, pulling the strings, is Fredrik...
dlbruaOct 24, 20205 min readComments on Twilight of DemocracyTWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY by Anne Applebaum The subtitle of Anne Applebaum’s book, the seductive lure of authoritarianism, suggests that the...
dlbruaMar 23, 20206 min readThoughts on On Earth We're Briefly GorgeousOccupying my thoughts for several years are two basic ideas. One is that all beings are equal because when we are born we have the equal...
dlbruaJun 19, 20198 min readSeeing Captain Ahab AnewIn Herman Melville's novel Moby Dick, Captain Ahab, the captain of the whaling ship The Pequod, lost his leg to a great white whale named...
dlbruaDec 19, 20182 min readEleanor Oliphant is Completely FineGail Honeyman, author of Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, found the seed of her novel in an article on loneliness. Honeyman had...
dlbruaNov 24, 20181 min readA Man Called OveOve is an ordinary man, a man of old fashioned values. He sees his worth, a human being's worth, as being self-reliant, being in control...