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...Gurr's abiding gift to readers lies in his largeness of spirit. It's born of decency and courage in laying his soul bare. The cumulative effect is a gritty grace: depth of character, tenderness and the masculinity that you find in the muscular work of novelists such as Philip Roth or Richard Ford. In form and heart, with its floating chronology and candor, Gurr's memoir springs from a sensibility close to that of the late Arthur Miller in his masterly Timebends. In it, he's telling two stories. There's the public history of shared experience, a critique...
...DeLay's Gift to the Democrats The controversial former House leader thought he could help the G.O.P. by getting out of this year's race. But his departure has thrown his home district into election chaos -- and very likely into the Democrats' hands
...good news for small nonprofits is that more and more individuals are looking to find them. For one thing, there are preliminary signs that large donations, such as the $1.5 billion gift to the Salvation Army from the late Joan Kroc and the staggering $37.1 billion pledge from Warren Buffett to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, lead some folks to conclude that big charities don't need their support--although the huge gifts more than offset any loss of small donations...
There's nothing wrong with giving to an established charity. But with so many local nonprofits in the mix today, if you look you might find a cause closer to your home and heart--and get to see the results of your gift...
...Reported that more retailers are using odors to get consumers in the mood to spend. Oh, dear. I'm not much of a shopper, but now I may never shop again. First it was the Muzak that drove me out of most stores, then the scented candles in gift shops. Whew! I turned and ran. Now more scents in every store? I simply dislike artificial scents, but many people are hypersensitive to smells and can be made ill by them. I guess there's always mail order and online shopping...