Culture and Arts
Wine Books for Gifting: On Inexpensive Wines, Must-Try Wines, Politics, Seasons, Corks and Beaujolais
Sharon Kapnick reviews wine books for gifting, among them books that advise what to sip for each season; How Governments, Environmentalists, Mobsters, and Critics Influence the Wines We Drink; 1,001 Wines You Must Taste Before You Die and To Cork or Not To Cork. more »
Jo Freeman Reviews Red, Blue, and Purple America: The Future of Election Demographics
Jo Freeman reviews Red, Blue, and Purple America: The Future of Election Demographics — The authors offer numerous insights into voting trends, a few surprises, and much food for thought. If you want to know why the 2008 election was not an aberration, read this book. more »
Wishing for 'A Modest Proposal'
Joan L. Cannon writes, "There seems to be no excuse for the callousness of [Namibia] for the exploitation of conspicuous consumption. I thought of Swift's ability to flay human folly and wished I could convey in the way he would have the combination of fury and incredulity that assailed me." more »
Culture Watch, December 2008
100 Essential Modern Poems by Women reveals that a number of the poets suffered from bitter conflicts with their parents or from their physical or emotional absence. Chinese Lessons is written in an artful and entertaining style; China's Government policies are not soft-pedaled. Heartbeat for Horses will speak to anybody who has ever loved horses, either in reality or in literature. more »
