Books

Hillary Clinton gave the keynote address at the American Library Association’s annual conference in Chicago on Tuesday and cited a study that concluded children who read the Harry Potter series were more compassionate to immigrants, refugees, and the LGBT community, reports ABC News.  “Years of data suggests that reading fiction builds empathy,” Clinton said. “It helps us put ourselves in others’ shoes.”  ...

Hardly anyone gets to the heart of our present difficulties. Most conservatives tend to their own fields — foreign policy, social issues, economics — and very rarely talk to the others.  To mix metaphors, such a thing is called “stove-piping.” Sure I care about the family, but what does that have to do with ISIS? Yes, I’m concerned about ISIS, ...

One is a slender-fingered, snake-eyed eugenicist, the other wants to become the leader of the free world – but may have scuppered his plans after remarks he made about Muslims.  The latter, Donald Trump, sparked outrage when he called for all Muslims to be barred from entering the United States in the wake of terrorism attacks in Paris and California. ...

The consumingly violent novel-turned-cult classic, Fight Club, had millions of Average Joes across North America thinking about clearing the dusty cardboard boxes from their unfinished basements to start an underground fight club and grind their neighbours annoying stupid face into the cement floor among the cheers and blood-smeared smiles of co-workers. [1]  In an attempt to make his R-rated novel capture ...