Securing America

by | Jul 26, 2013 | Book Reviews

July 26: The National Security Act became law on this day in 1947, President Truman signing off on the creation of the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Council, as well as a reorganization of the military. Cold War politics led to the formation of...

Borrowing Hamlet

by | Jul 25, 2013 | Book Reviews

July 25: On this day in 1602 “A booke called the Revenge of Hamlett Prince Denmarke” was entered in the Stationers’ Register by printer James Robertes. If Robertes was practicing standard thievery for these pre-copyright times, Shakespeare too had...

Newton’s “Amazing Grace”

by | Jul 24, 2013 | Book Reviews

July 24: On this day in 1725 John Newton, the slave trader/preacher who wrote the hymn “Amazing Grace,” was born. Newton’s memoirs make clear how repeatedly lost and found a wretch he was; he is also remembered for the Olney Hymns, written with the...