From The Mouths Of Babes

I finished a delightful children’s novel that I think adults could enjoy as well.  Titled A Turn For DeWurst, writer Sydney Kendall tells the story of a highly intelligent girl named Astrid whose small town school has been taken over by a power-lusting teacher.  This teacher has managed to convince the town that teaching conformity and […]

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It’s unfortunate I have to start the new year with a story so absurd, and so tragic, it can only happen in 21st century America.  This article reports that a new edition of Huckleberry Finn will be purged of the word nigger.  All 219 references.  Despite the fact that the book is set in the 19th […]

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We all are familiar with Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged.  However Rand was also a playwright.  She wrote three plays, Night of January 16th, Ideal and Think Twice.  Night of January 16th was the only play to be produced on and off Broadway.  Unlike The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, Rand’s plays do not […]

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Romantic Realism is a genre of art that embraces values.  It presents a world of characters, whether in literature or art, who represent what life ought to be.  What kind of life is depicted?  It’s a life of purposefulness and heroism.  It’s the individual who lives his life with dignity and integrity.  A book that embodies […]

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Here’s my first review of a novel.  The Fountainhead, written by my favorite philosopher Ayn Rand was published in 1943.  I’ve always believed that fiction, good fiction that is, can give lessons on life than non-fiction cannot.  I’m currently re-reading the book.  The character of Howard Roark is someone who lives his life with integrity, never compromising his standards […]

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