by Forrest Peterson | Jan 8, 2025 | Words on Paper
President Jimmy Carter and Vice President Walter Mondale at the 1976 Democratic convention With the national funeral for President Jimmy Carter scheduled for 10 a.m. tomorrow (Jan. 9, 2025) at the Washington National Cathedral, this post replaces the one that...
by Forrest Peterson | Jan 1, 2025 | Words on Paper
What’s the last book you read that you could say was a great reflection of, or influence upon, society? Most of the books I have read in recent years have been non-fiction for background on plots, settings and characters of my novels. I’m not aware of any that greatly...
by Forrest Peterson | Dec 25, 2024 | Words on Paper
Today being Christmas Day, this post appears in lieu of the next scheduled post in the Words on Paper series. “Important books that shaped and reflected America 1950-2000” will appear next week. Merry Christmas! – Forrest In choosing a batch of Christmas cards each...
by Forrest Peterson | Dec 11, 2024 | Words on Paper
A discussion of literature, philosophy, and important books, without including religious literature, misses out on vast amounts of thought about the human condition. Yet, that’s what seems to happen when you do a contemporary search for “important literature that...
by Forrest Peterson | Dec 4, 2024 | Words on Paper
While I like dogs very much, I sometimes find ‘dog-eared’ pages in books annoying. My copy of The Cave and the Light – Plato versus Aristotle, and the Struggle for the Soul of Western Civilization, by Dr. Arthur Herman, has 22 bent page corners. Bending the...
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