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The Liar

May 12, 2010

I see that Michael Bellesiles has a new book coming out. Who? Why should I care? A quick rundown: In 2000, Bellesiles wrote a book called Arming America, The Origins of a National Gun Culture. His general premise was that the commonly held view that America’s “gun culture” dates back

Reading List

March 21, 2010

Last book read: The Given Day by Dennis Lehane. Very good. Books on the way: The Big Short, Michael Lewis. If it was “The Big Phone Book” by Michael Lewis, it would still be on the way. Shibumi, Trevanian. Meant to read this a long time ago. Fly Fishing with