“Advertising and capitalism both are life-giving and benevolent institutions,” Kirkpatrick concludes at the end of In Defense of Advertising. The analysis that results in this statement begins with a critique of those who criticize... Read More

Everyone gets inspired. Unfortunately, only some have the good sense to carry around a notebook and pencil to record those fleeting bolts of truth, inspiration, and enlightenment when they strike. The rest rely on memory alone, and... Read More

Will Barnett’s father has recently died, leaving Will in charge of the Barnett family farm in rural New Mexico at the tender age of eighteen. Just two days before the death, the Barnetts took in Lance Surfett, who is seventeen and has... Read More

A complex man whose stories reflected distinct views of humanity, the world, the supernatural, and the universe (some of which are alarmingly close to coming true), Philip K. Dick was also a fascinating interview, as these transcriptions... Read More

Over a decade ago, ninety one-year-old Bessie Jarvis, all eighty-six pounds of her, was severely beaten by an aide in a California nursing home. Within six weeks, Jarvis was dead. This book is a result of one woman’s effort to ensure... Read More

“I sometimes wish I could be obscure…and less under the scrutiny of Mr. Noyes’ almost omniscient eye; but when…he reaches out for me, and hunts me up, my heart goes out toward him with that passionate devotion.” The speaker is... Read More

“The womb is an animal that longs to generate children. When it remains barren too long after puberty, it is distressed and sorely disturbed, and straying about in the body … it … provokes all manner of diseases.” This statement... Read More

James G. Dwyer’s blueprint for tightening government regulation of religious schools is the epitome of throwing out the baby with the bath water. Dwyer, visiting assistant professor in the Chicago-Kent School of Law, Illinois Institute... Read More