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This page is devoted to a collection of commentaries on a variety of topics, but will probably be mostly devoted to books that I've read or news topics. Right now, the amount of material here might not be extensive, but it will grow as I have time to devote to more in-depth analysis of materials. Reviews Aunt Dimity and the Deep Blue Sea by Nancy Atherton Aunt Dimity and the Next of Kin by Nancy Atherton Breaking Away Case for Israel by Alan Dershowitz Cat's Eyewitness by Rita Mae Brown The Code: the Unwritten Rules of Fighting and Retaliation in the NHL by Ross Bernstein The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling The Messenger by Daniel Silva Moai Murders by Lyn Hamilton Mummy Dearest by Joan Hess Murder Walks the Plank by Carolyn Hart Next by Michael Crichton Physics of the Impossible by Michio Kaku Prince of Fire by Daniel Silva The Rookie: A Season with Sidney Crosby and the New NHL by Shawna Richer The Serpent on the Crown by Elizabeth Peters Snobbery With Violence by Marion Chesney State of Fear by Michael Crichton Timeline by Michael Crichton Random Thoughts Dreams -- August 11, 2005 My Reading Addiction -- August 12, 2005 Gaza pull out -- August 13, 2005 Who's a Terrorist? -- August 16, 2005 First Smoking, Now Food -- August 20, 2005 Women in Science -- August 23, 2005 Where Have All the Heroes Gone? -- August 25, 2005 Are You Bored? -- August 31, 2005 Literature -- September 6, 2005 Nancy Atherton breakfast talk -- February 11, 2006 The Eliza Furnace Trail -- April 30, 2006 When I Grow Up, I Want to Be ... -- May 8, 2006 Summertime -- May 16, 2006 Short Stories These stories were written for my Introduction to Fiction class. The teacher in the class liked the stories, but I think that she felt my efforts were more pulp fiction than "literature". If you have suggestions or comments about the stories, let me know. Story 1 -- The main character in this story is Moshe Shabati. He is reservist on duty at a checkpoint in Shim'a, not too far from Be'er Shiva. Story 2 -- This story is a revision of an earlier vignette that the teacher thought had some potential. The revision is based on comments made by the teacher and the classroom workshop. The main character in the story is Daphne Cohen. She is caught between a rock (her mother, Ida) and a hard place (her boyfriend, Sam). Story 3 -- This story is also a revision of an earlier vignette. Although the teacher liked the earlier vignette, she thought that it was borderline soft porn. The character was the creation of another student in the class. We had to create a character that was then passed to another student in the class to create a vignette. At first, I didn't like the character, but then I used him to make fun of some of the things that were said in class. |