Richard FarrSep 1, 2015“What’s a ‘great book’ you actually enjoyed reading?”A lot of Americans hate JD Salinger’s A Catcher in the Rye because it was forced down their throats as a ‘classic’ at school. I missed...
Richard FarrAug 20, 2015Jonathan Swift on reason and madnessA note on re-reading Gulliver’s Travels: I’m struck again by the fact that it’s always fun to read the first three books, and always...
Richard FarrDec 10, 2014Torturing Dick Cheney: “Brutal, un-American, and ineffective”The Senate Intelligence Committee has now released its report on the American people’s torture of Dick Cheney, and has reached three...