The Non-fiction Feature: The Omnivore’s Dilemma;
The Memoir Spot: Gardening Your Front Yard;
The Product Spot: Community Supported Agriculture.
Author Archives: Carlen
The Omnivore’s Dilemma
This book examines the food chains that sustain us, and the environmental and moral implications of our food choices.
The Phantom Tollbooth
An inventive, warm children’s tale about the beautiful expanses of knowledge.
The Monthly Bulletin: October 2022
The Non-fiction Feature: The Black Swan;
The Children’s Spot: The Phantom Tollbooth;
The Product Spot: Foundation (Apple TV+).
Foundation (Apple TV+)
The series touches upon many points discussed in The Black Swan–the complexity of knowledge, the difficulty of prediction, the impact of highly improbable events, and the human struggle with all three.
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
This book explores the contours of knowledge and why we think the way we think–specifically, the impact of the highly improbable.
The Monthly Bulletin: September 2022
The Non-fiction Feature: Gunfight;
The Children’s Spot: Long Way Down;
The Product Spot: Bipartisan Safer Communities Act
Long Way Down
Someone shoots Will’s older brother, Shawn, and Will is young, frightened, confused, and unknowingly steps in his family’s muddy footprints as he seeks revenge.
Gunfight: The Battle Over the Right to Bear Arms in America
“Gun grabbers,” “gun nuts,” the Second Amendment, and the complex, emotional debate over the right to bear arms.
Bipartisan Safer Communities Act
A summary of the landmark gun control legislation – the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act.