Catching up
I have gone almost a month without writing in here. That is not good, but maybe after the writing flurry of December and--to some extent--January, left me a bit burned out. I thought about writing a blog post after the shootings at Michigan State but wasn't able to organize my thoughts and feelings into anything that felt coherent. I did write something on Facebook the day after the shooting happened and might reproduce it here at some point. How about taking a lighter approach for my return to the blog after a month away... Here is an update of some books I have read recently: Accidental Czar: the Life and Lies of Vladimir Putin is a basic overview--it is written in "graphic novel" fashion--of what makes Putin tick and the political/social environment in Russia that has made his presidency possible. All Your Racial Problems Will Soon End: the Cartoons of Charles Johnson is a revelation (at least for me). I read Johnson's 1990 National Book Award winner Middle Pas...