In America, Now, Let Us - Christian,

Steadiness Of Faith, Was, In The Long Run, As Illuminating And Essential As Sophistication Of Thought.

In Rich And Captivating Prose, Jessica Dulong Kindly Invites The Rest Of Us On The Journey Of Her Lifetime: From A Dot-com Job To The Fabled Waters Of The Hudson River, Where She Became A Fireboat Engineer. This Is An Unusual And Fascinating Book.

In America, Now, Let Us - Christian, Jew, Muslim, Agnostic, Atheist, Wiccan, Whatever - Fight Nativism With The Same Strength And Conviction That We Fight Terrorism. My Faith Calls On Its Followers To Love One's Enemies. A Tall Order, That - Perhaps The Tallest Of All.

Mysteries And Thrillers Are Not The Same Things, Though They Are Literary Siblings. Roughly Put, I Would Say The Distinction Is That Mysteries Emphasize Motive And Psychology Whereas Thrillers Rely More Heavily On Action And Plot.

As A Southerner Born After The Epic Events Of The Civil Rights Movement, I've Always Wondered How On Earth People Of Good Will Could Have Conceivably Lived With Jim Crow - With The Daily Degradations, The Lynchings In Plain Sight, And, As The Movement Gathered Force, With The Fire Hoses And The Police Dogs And The Billy Clubs.