I have sometimes used this quip in the above title to describe what went on in much of the American land policy with respect to Native Americans. An awful lot of land was acquired from various ‘chiefs’ who were deemed by the American authorities to have had the legal right to sell property presumably owned… Continue reading ‘I Stole It Fair and Square’
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Review of Gabriel Garcia Marquez’, The General in His Labyrinth
I meant to read this book many years ago, but never got around to it. In a way, I am glad of that, as it resonates more, I think, the older you get. I came away acknowledging that the author really deserved his Nobel Prize for Literature. The novel, The General in his Labyrinth is… Continue reading Review of Gabriel Garcia Marquez’, The General in His Labyrinth
Old Professor by the Sea 