Lots of Wish List books coming in and WAY behind in reviews and reading– sorry!I have finished (and loved) LabRat’s contribution, Robert Sapolsky’s A Primate’s Memoir. On a completely different subject, I recommend Web Parton’s bird dog book, A Bond of Passion (I intend to review both). Chris, your Prehistory of the Silk Road is …
Month: December 2008
Uprooted
An article in the Telegraph tells how a leading children’s dictionary has dropped words relating to religion, history, and the countryside. “But academics and head teachers said that the changes to the 10,000 word Junior Dictionary could mean that children lose touch with Britain’s heritage. “”We have a certain Christian narrative which has given meaning …
Quote of the Week
From Alston Chase, in a note: “Politics is the endemic disease of our time, just as tuberculosis was in the 19th century.”
In Defense of Hunting
At his good blog Sometimes Far Afield, Mike writes a post on the benefits of hunting, especially those we must articulate to others (in the vast majority) who do not hunt. He opens by responding to another blogger, who takes a civil libertarian tack in his reasoning on the issue: (“…hunting has, for many people, …
More Gorbatov
Al Gates just gave me this link to a huge gallery of Gorbatov art at his Eaglehunter site, including dogs, large mammals, and falconry. There is even a version of my “Lobo”.