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Killing Lincoln: Still a best seller, now a National Geographic docudrama
Killing Lincoln, by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard is currently Number 7 on the New York Times bestseller’s list for non-fiction books. It has been on the list for 72 weeks. For reference sake, and...
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Anna Karenina: With love you can’t ask why
I waited for naught for Anna Karenina to make it to Springfield theaters. I don’t know whether AMC thinks we midwestern rubes are too unsophisticated for a classic tale of love and self-destruction or...
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Special: The blurring of reality
Is all that we see or seem / But a dream within a dream? -Edgar Alan Poe The horrific murders of innocents at Sandy Hook ignited a political firestorm over gun ownership, an issue that is really a red...
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The Blood Gospel: Another dreary romp through the Vatican
The Blood Gospel: The Order of the Sanguines Series, by James Rollins and Rebecca Cantrell (Harper Collins Publishes, 2013, 479 pages) As one hundred cardinals convene in secret behind ancient walls to...
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To my readers
Effective May 1, I will no longer be posting on The Morris Chair. You will, however, be able to read future reviews on The State Journal-Register community blog site. I have thoroughly enjoyed...
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We Can Never Forget What They Did
On April 23, I was invited to be among those at Capital Airport who would welcome home more than 70 veterans of World War II and the Korean conflict back to Springfield from their Honor Flight to...
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Book Review: The Patient Ecstasy of Fraulein Braun
This was a sneak peek at The Patient Ecstasy of Fraulein Braun, a novel by Lavonne Mueller, (Opus Books, 304 pages) originally posted in December 2012. It is now in print, having been released on April...
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Notice to all my followers: The Morris Chair is Moving
This site will no longer be available after May 12, 2013. If you would like to continue reading my reviews, I encourage you to visit me at the Morris Chair community blog site at the...
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Interested in my review of Nathaniel Philbreck’s look at Bunker Hill, his most recent (and perhaps is best) historical work. Read my review on The State Journal-Register’s Morris Chair blogsite.
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