Day: December 31, 2008

OK! This is the new "Murder 101 Mystery", the third following the career of Alison Bergeron. Alison is a wisecracking English Professor at a small Catholic college in the Bronx, with a view of the Hudson. Sounds suspiciously like Mt. St. Vincent's. That in fact is where the author Maggie Barbieri, who goes to my Church, and who I commiserate with, went … Read more

As is inevitable, pundits have started to criticize the column Karl Rove wrote a few days ago, about George Bush's wide-ranging reading habits. The reading habits of President Bush Here's one from the Washington Post's Richard Cohen. And it's awfully odd. Richard Cohen – George W. Bush as an Avid Reader – washingtonpost.com In what … Read more