Featured Reviews

The Footbridge (2021) - Daniel Rattelle  (Grade:A+)

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The Portage to San Cristobal of A. H.: A Novel (1981) - George Steiner  (Grade:C+)

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The Sunflower: On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness (1969) - Simon Wiesenthal  (Grade:B+)

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Reveries of the Solitary Walker (1778) - Jean Jacques Rousseau  (Grade:F)

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The Anatomy of Fascism (2004) - Robert O. Paxton  (Grade:B-)

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The American Cause (1957) - Russell Kirk  (Grade:A)

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AUTHOR SUBMISSIONS:
Benjamin Franklin (2002) - Edmund S. Morgan  (Grade:A)

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The Beach (1997) - Alex Garland  (Grade:C+)

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The Lessons of Terror : A History of Warfare Against Civilians: Why It Has Always Failed and Why It Will Fail Again (2002) - Caleb Carr  (Grade:C-)

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Shakespeare's Language (2000) - Frank Kermode  (Grade:A-)

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Prometheus Bound (460 BC) - Aeschylus  (Grade:A+)

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Paul Auster's City of Glass : A Graphic Mystery (1994) - Paul Auster  (Grade:A)

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MOVIE REVIEWS:

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Metropolitian (1990) - Whit Stillman  (Grade:A+)

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MOVIE REVIEW:
Amélie [Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain] (2001) - Jean-Pierre Jeunet  (Grade:B+)

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Brothers Judd Daily

Brothers Judd QuasiDaily Bookmarks:
05/22/24:

Garry Wills (1934-) was born in Atlanta, GA on May 22, 1934. Read Orrin's review of Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words that Remade America (1992).

Happy Birthday to Betsy Booth (May 22)

Richard Wagner (1813-83) was born in Leipzig on May 22, 1813. His greatest achievement was Der Ring des Nibelungen, available in a 14 disc set for a mere $144.

Vance Oakley Packard (1914-96) was born in Granville Summit, PA on May 22, 1914. Read Orrin's review of A Nation of Strangers (1972)

Alexander Pope (1688-1744) was born in London on May 21, 1688. You'll recognize the first two lines of Riddle of the World

Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) was born in Florence, Italy on May 21, 1265. Read Orrin's review of The Inferno (1314)(translation 1994)(translated by Robert Pinsky 1940-) (Grade: A+)

(Thomas Wright) "Fats" Waller (1904-43) was born in Harlem, New York City, NY on May 21, 1904.

Charles Lindbergh flew solo from New York to Paris on May 20-21, 1927. Read Orrin's review of Scott Berg's tremendous new biography Lindbergh (Grade: A+) The excellent movie version of the flight, The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)(read Orrin's review of the Pulitzer Prize winning book), stars Jimmy Stewart (1908-97), who was born in Indiana, PA on May 20, 1908 and charted Lindbergh's progress with a wooden plane and a wall map.

Amelia Earhart (1897-1937) became known as Lady Lindy when she crossed the Atlantic on May 20, 1932

John Stuart Mill (1806-73) was born in London, ENG on May 20, 1806. He was one of the founders of the philosophy of Utilitarianism. Brothers Judd recommends On Liberty (1859)

Jimmy Stewart (1908-97) was born in Indiana, PA on May 20, 1908. Perhaps the greatest American actor of all time, he made dozens of great movies, particular favorites of Brothers Judd include: You Can't Take It With You (1938); Destry Rides Again (1939); Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (1939); The Philadelphia Story (1940); It's a Wonderful Life (1946); Harvey (1950); Winchester '73 (1950); Rear Window (1954); The Spirit of St. Louis (1957); Vertigo (1958); Anatomy of a Murder (1959); The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962); and, Flight of the Phoenix (1966).

Malcolm X (1925-65) was born in Omaha, NE on May 19, 1925. He became a Black Muslim in prison and a Muslim minister upon his release in 1952. Following a hadj to Mecca in 1964, he converted to orthodox Islam and abandoned black separatist nationalism. He was gunned down by Black Muslim assassins in February, 1965. His book The Autobiography of Malcolm X (read Orrin's review) made the Modern Library Top 100 Nonfiction books and Mr. Doggett's Student's Summer Reading List.

Karol Jozef (John Paul II) Wojtyla (1920-) was born in Wadowice, POL on May 18, 1920. He is one of Brothers Judd's Ten Greatest Figures of the 20th Century.

On May 17, 1954, in Brown vs. Board of Education, the Supreme Court unanimously declared that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal" and, as such, violate the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guarantees all citizens "equal protection of the laws."

THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE opened on May 17, 1792.

James "Cool Papa" Bell (1903-91) was born in Starkville, MS on May 17, 1903. Satchel Paige said of Bell that he was so fast that he could flick the light switch in their hotel room and be in bed before the light went out.

Andy Kaufman died on May 16, 1984. Jim Carrey starred as Kaufman in the Milos Forman biopic Man in the Moon.

L. Frank Baum (1856-1919) was born in Chittenango, NY on May 15, 1856. Read Orrin's review of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1899)

The state of Israel was born on May 14, 1948.

George Lucas (1944) was born in Modesto, CA on May 14, 1944. Visit the official Star Wars site.