The perpetual struggle for a just society
For my 85th birthday, April 3, Susana arranged for us a trip that she knew was tremendously important to me, for reasons both professional and personal: our visit to Hamburg and then to Kiel in northeast Germany, from March 31 to our return to Spain on April 9. A birthday is always an opportunity, or … read more »
Resolutions, past and present
For 2024, I posted four New Year’s resolutions as my alter ego The Man Who Can : 1, a new novel, this time set in Germany; 2, acquiring fluency in German; 3, more book reviews, and 4, getting better on guitar. I‘m part way there, on all four goals – except maybe no. 4, … read more »
The color of language
[An old review, re-posted because some of us were talking again about languages.] Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages by Guy Deutscher My rating: 3 of 5 stars This digressive examination of whether and, if so, how a speaker’s language structures his/her thoughts contains two interesting arguments bundled with … read more »