Books are simple things in design. They are words written on paper that are bound together with a cover. As any book lover knows, there is nothing simple about a book. Open a book, and...
If you are an avid reader, you know that there is a great debate on which is better - a print book versus an electronic reader (e-reader). The debate usually is:
"about the sentimental versus the practical,...
If you believe in acquiring talent through osmosis, then Heritage Auctions has got a bidding deal for you! The chair J.K. Rowling sat in while typing up the first two Harry Potter stories is up...
Everyone knows that textbooks are supposed to be bland and boring; something that all school-aged children are forced to lug around in backpacks and wearily heft onto desktops as the students slump into their seats.
Most...
According to Bloomberg News, French economist Thomas Piketty says that Bill Gates, the richest man in the world, told him he'doesn't want to pay more taxes. This is not surprising. Why should Mr. Gates feel...
Ann Coulter has to be a special kind of crazy. She is apparently looking back on her Trump fanaticism and thinking, "Hey, I could top that."
This is the same right-wing commentator who saw the violence occurring at Trump's...
In all of it's satirical glory, Alec Baldwin and Kurt Anderson are teaming up to write “You Can’t Spell America Without Me: The Really Tremendous Inside Story of My Fantastic First Year as President Donald J....
Daniel Handler, popularly known as "A Series of Unfortunate Events" author Lemony Snicket, has come out firmly in support of Planned Parenthood, and has put his money where his mouth is.
The popular children's author and...
At times I wonder... Do the right wing nut-jobs who see an Obama conspiracy everywhere they look actually believe their nonsense, or do they just have a book to sell? Case in point would be...
Could President Trump be considering resignation as a way to make the Russia investigation go away? Is Trump formulating a plan which would provide him immunity from prosecution in exchange for his agreeing to leave...
When Jamie Bryant joined Pantsuit Nation just before the 2016 presidential election, she thought she had found a safe space to share her hopes and fears about the future. The secret Facebook group -- no...
Well, too bad for the non-Christians. Evangelist to the presidents, Billy Graham's, predictive book, “Where I Am: Heaven, Eternity and Our Life Beyond,” says they will go to a “fiery hell,” not just a plain...
The Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump threatened to sue the New York Times via Twitter (surprise!) over the weekend. He attacked the Times and their long time and very popular columnist Maureen Dowd over a...
The book Raising Boys Feminists Will Hate by Doug Giles was published in 2012, but because we're enlightened liberals and we tend to avoid the dark underbelly of Amazon, we missed it. I'd like to...
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Welcome everyone to The Liberal Conservative. I am your host, Jonathan Lenhardt. What I have in store for you fine people today is pretty special. We at Liberal America were afforded an excellent...
File this under "Right on."
An 11-year-old New Jersey girl, sick up to her ears of books "about white boys and dogs," took it upon herself to solve her own problem, rather than waiting for her...
A business partner of the former manager of the late Michael Jackson has penned a new book about the King of Pop. Mark Lamica makes claims in his book that Michael didn't get plastic surgery...
Previously we reported that the Caddo Parrish Metropolitan Planning Commission (MPC) had declared a war on reading by determining that a Little Free Library set up in the front yard of Ricky and Teresa Edgerton...
As a member of the Christian Left, one of my biggest frustrations is science deniers.?It's positively maddening to try to talk to these people. Not all Christians are science deniers, of course. As with any...
My kids and I went on an educational vacation to Austin, Texas some years ago. Our primary objective was to visit the Harry Ransom Center to view their copy of the Gutenberg Bible. At the...
