By Lynn David Newton, on June 7th, 2011%
Cover of Washington: A Life
Cover of A. Lincoln: A Biography
Most reading for the purpose of taking in information is remedial — don’tcha think? After all, if you already know a subject, why read about it again?
By the time a man gets to be my age, the scope of his sense of cultural literacy should . . . → Read More: George Washington and Abraham Lincoln: Remedial Reading
By Lynn David Newton, on December 25th, 2009%
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
A friend approached me one evening, an older (but not ancient) woman, wanting to know if she correctly understood what she had heard — that I had at one time been a professional photographer in New York City.
Having no idea where she might have acquired such misinformation, I assured . . . → Read More: My Buddy Mozart
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