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OLD NEWS The recent earthquake and aftershocks in Indiana, followed by the ones in Reno, have recalled the giant quakes in 1811 and 1812 that made the Mississippi run backward, forming Reelfoot Lake in Tennessee. Here's a first-hand account of the devastation. |
SHORT STORY With gold hovering near $1,000 an ounce, Poe's exploration of the passions of a treasure hunt are timely. Perhaps the best of example, too, of Poe's genius for mystery and character. |
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POETRY Shel Silverstein, the poet, lyricist, and cartoonist who died nine years ago next week, wrote hits like "A Boy Named Sue" and "Cover of the Rolling Stone". The whimsy of his far-ranging talent shines forth in this concise every-boy's anthem. |
SPEECH Like "play it again, Sam," which is never said in Casablanca, the actual phrase "Day of Infamy" does not appear in FDR's epochal speech. But the speech cannot fail to stir an American soul even to this day. |
ESSAY As politicians fall all over themselves finding new ways to "help us" with more and more government, note especially the last paragraph of Jonathan Swift's 1729 essay in which he purports to have "no other motive than the public good of my country." |
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