Year: 2004

The Rake notes that on this day in 1929 Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms was published. To mark the occasion I thought I would post a short review I wrote i...

What follows is another guest review (see here for background). The guest author this time around is Ben Heller. Ben runs emerging markets investments for a hed...

I'm reminded of the old story of a professor of philosophy giving his seniors their final exam. His only question on the test: "Prove to me that your desk exis...

Near the close of the epic film ATTACK OF THE CRAB MONSTERS one of the crabs develops a French accent. He or it sounds like Charles Aznavour as the battle for f...

Why was this book even published?

Despite the title of John Blumenthal’s latest novel, it’s not about Millard Fillmore, our thirteenth president. It tells the story of Plato G. Fusse...