Once upon a time, I would buy Bob Woodward’s book when it came out. I would read at least three political tomes each year. I lived and breathed politics. And honestly, one of the main purposes of this blog has been to rediscover my love of democracy and to dig into some of my beliefs …
In 2002, I went with my college roommate to Washington DC as part of the Washington Semester at American University. I joined the political science cohort where I met 20 other college students who also obsessed about politics. Much of the class involved meeting working professionals to talk about their political life and career. We …
Growing up, we would vacation near Fergus Falls, MN. A short drive away was Inspiration Peak, which was the highest point in the area. Sinclair Lewis would visit there and write, according to the signs. I had no idea who Sinclair Lewis was but I liked to think and write. The author’s name stuck with …
For as long as I can remember book recommendations, people have told me to read To The Lighthouse. And I have wanted to. I actually bought two different copies to prove how much I wanted to read the book. I had taken it to a trip to Orlando that I took at the beginning of the …
I first discovered Douglas Rushkoff when he wrote a comic book series called Testament. The book was decent idea-wise, beautiful art-wise, but did not really connect all of the dots. Nonetheless, I read Rushkoff’s articles whenever they appear and grabbed his recent book from 2013 a few years back. His main arguments centers on “presentism.” …
When I first removed Facebook from my phone, I wanted to begin reading again. For almost two years, although I read a lot of comic books, I could not finish a book. In fact, I had finished one – and that was due to being on airplanes a lot. I would always grab my phone …
Every once in a while, you read a book because you are trying to read 52 books in a year. You look at the cover and it looks cool. The ideas seem interesting. But it does nothing for you and you end up taking weeks to finish it; you end up keeping it for ten …
The first books I got addicted to were murder mysteries. I began with the Boxcar children series, Encyclopedia Brown, and the Hardy Boys and made my way to Agatha Christie by fifth grade. Every once in a while, I try to grab one at the library. The cover of the most recent Potzsch book about …
When I was in sixth grade, I remember someone asking me what I wanted to be when I grew up. And at this point in your childhood, you stop saying you’re going to be a race car driver or a fireman or something outrageous and begin thinking seriously about your career. Kids begin to understand …
About a month ago, I read the book The Visible Man by Chuck Klosterman. Recently, Klosterman became the ethicist at the New York Times. I devoured this book. I have never read anything by Klosterman (outside of the random magazine article) but this was a fun book. The book reports the personal writing and report …