Aldous Huxley

Orwell’s “1984” and Trump’s America

January 28, 2017

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Adam Gopnik for The New Yorker in which he explains why Donald Trump’s lies, and his urge to tell them, are pure Big Brother crude, however oafish their articulation. To read…

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This Brave New World: A book review by Bob Morris

June 9, 2016

This Brave New World: India, China and the United States Anja Manuel Simon & Schuster (2016) How and why the United States, China, and India – indeed must – create a positive brave new world As Anja Manuel explains, “The…

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Brain Food Nuggets (41-50)

November 21, 2013

The buffet awaits: o “The chief danger in life is that you take too many precautions.” Alfred Adler o “The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.” Aristotle o “Success is…

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A baker’s dozen of memorable quotations

September 6, 2012

o   “The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.”  Horace Walpole o   “Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for t’is better to be alone than in bad company.”  George Washington…

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A must-read interview: Isaac Bashevis Singer on “ The Art of Fiction”

January 22, 2011

I agree that the great books “speak for themselves”…and do so with unique eloquence. However, there is no documentation to suggest that authors such as Homer, Sophocles, Chaucer, Cervantes, and Shakespeare were ever interviewed. Oh, do I wish I could…

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A must-read interview: Aldous Huxley on “The Art of Fiction”

January 18, 2011

I agree that the “great books “speak for themselves”…and do so with unique eloquence. However, there is no documentation to suggest that authors such as Homer, Sophocles, Chaucer, Cervantes, and Shakespeare were ever interviewed. Fortunately, The Paris Review has been interviewing…

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