Knowledge is power
In 1826 a Baltimore slaveholder banned an 8-year-old Frederick Douglass from learning to read. Douglass learned anyway, and his story…
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The intellectual is, quite simply
George Steiner’s test for an intellectual has nothing to do with degrees or job titles. It comes down to what’s…
What to read: Fiction vs Non-fiction
I spend an embarrassing amount of time in bookstores, and I’ve noticed something. While the fiction section is filled with…
The gift of reading
The memory of that Christmas morning stays with me, forever reminding me of my childhood and the life-changing gift that…