National Post editors and columnists share their favourite reads of 2019
Loserthink: How Untrained Brains Are Ruining AmericaLeftists, rightists or centrists, my colleagues and I can all agree from experience with feedback that some people use reason when they disagree with us, and some, frustratingly, don’t. Their style of thinking is what Scott Adams calls “absurd and unproductive” in his latest book, Loserthink: How Untrained Brains Are Ruining America.
A few days later, I impulsively bought Wong’s new comic memoir, Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets & Advice for Living Your Best Life, after seeing it in a store window. My sense was that there would be a lot of stuff about her on the toilet or getting nasty.
Kennedy learned from his mistakes, facing down Khrushchev in the Cuban missile crisis a year later. A stronger early performance by Kennedy might have prevented the necessity.BAnQThe medium is the message. No, that’s not my book. It’s my message. She recounts the bays, river inlets and people she met in those summer voyages and in particular the ghostly ruins she encountered of the coastal Aboriginal people. To her children she becomes Capi, navigator, helmswoman and mother. The curve of time she refers to is the curve of time that connects past and future. The book recounts her adventures with her children in the natural beauty of the coastal waters, people she meets, and Haida strangers she encounters.
The main character, Donald Angus Gillies, joins the Lovat Scouts, the Highland regiment made up of gameskeepers and humorously described by its commander as “half wolf and half jackrabbit.” In the novel, Angus deftly weaves the real lives of my grandparents and his with those of his fictional heroes. It’s clear that the culture Donald Angus cherishes and fights to save has taken root in the highlands across the sea.
The author’s objective is to ring an alarm bell, stimulate greater awareness in America about the threats and inspire a more rigorous U.S. response. It is an engrossing read, especially with all the uncertainty in Washington these days.
If you have not encountered gargantuan orchid-fancying work-averse gourmet Wolfe and his wisecracking assistant Goodwin, a magnificent treat awaits you. And if you think such writing beneath you, read Lena Horne’s glowing introduction to the reissue of Champagne for One and realize you’re looking the wrong way.
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