Books remain one of the strongest bulwarks we have against tyranny—but only as long as people are free to read all different kinds of books, and only as long as they actually do so. The right to read whatever you want whenever you want is one of the fundamental rights that helps preserve all the other rights. It’s a right we need to guard with unwavering diligence. But it’s also a right we can guard with pleasure. Reading isn’t just a strike against narrowness, mind control and domination: It’s one of the world’s great joys.
We’re pretty lucky that this house is about a block from our house. And doubly lucky because the unseasonably warm weather allowed us to walk over in light jackets to check it out the other night.
That let us hear the outside speakers and although this angle doesn’t show it, the kids also loved seeing Santa and Mrs. Claus in the kitchen window!
10. Buying a drink at a local drug store recently, I got asked if I qualified for the “55+ Senior Discount”? (Apparently I should’ve bought a kit to dye this 43 year old’s grey beard!)
2. Justin Trudeau is turning out to be exactly what I expected. Not really shitty news per se unless you actually believed that “sunny days” shit sandwich he served up after his election win.
