Guest Book Review – Lucky Jim (1954) – How it’s Laying Siege to the Academic Ivory Tower

In recent years there have been complaints about both the university environment and the standard of education being provided. It seems that pretension and bogus studies have taken precedent over material that should help enlighten and civilize the student. What value does it have despite higher education being a profitable industry worth billions of dollarsContinue reading “Guest Book Review – Lucky Jim (1954) – How it’s Laying Siege to the Academic Ivory Tower”

Review: Patriot Games (1987)

It’s pretty much impossible to talk about the works of Tom Clancy without talking about The Hunt for Red October. That book is the Bible for Clancy’s entire body of work and best articulated his worldview while keeping the highly technical aspects of warfare and military operations It’s not surprising then that most of hisContinue reading “Review: Patriot Games (1987)”