Is Reading Supposed to be Comfortable?

I rather like the amount of background provided by the BBC News report of the controversial new edition of Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn.  For those yet to feel the repercussions of this story, it concerns the editorial decisions of Alan Gribben, Professor...

Mark Twain’s Handwritten ‘Last Manuscript’ Up for Auction

Mark Twain’s “Last Manuscript,” by turns humorous, and personal, is up for auction on October 16/17 at Heritage Auctions’ Historical Manuscripts Auction. How People Arrived Here: mark twain handwriting

US Air Force Suspends Most F-15 Operations Following Crash

The United States Air Force suspended non-mission critical F-15 flight operations on Nov. 3 following the crash of a Missouri Air National Guard F-15C aircraft Nov. 2. The F-15 will continue to fly in some emergency situations and a few others according...