Just happened to log back into my blog and realized that the last time (well, the only time) I wrote something on it was on Oct 17th..I started this out as a weekly blog and named it Saturday Night musings with the perfect vision of me sitting down every Saturday night laying out my visionary musings for the world .. Ok, I admit that it did not work out as planned and it is not even a Saturday. Any way I decided to write something here and actually spent nearly an hour to come up with a perfectly non consequential topic which will not annoy anyone who knows me. Every writer out their who risks their good name to write freely about topics of consequence to satisfy people's thirst for knowledge and information, my hats off to you.. I just realized how hard a choice it is and I am just not there yet.
Now getting back on topic, I had been reading mr.Clinton's Auto Biography "My Life" - quite a large volume, but I have to admit one thing...whether you are a democrat or republican, Lewinski supporter or a self proclaimed protector of global chastity (like Newt Gingrich..ha ha that is another grand story of hypocrisy), what ever you are " you gotta love this guy, there is no other way." It is amazing the observations he make of little incidents some as far back as his childhood or teen years. And how those experiences defined his policy choices as President. Quite a rich mind. I know a lot of people now define Clinton simply by the Lewinski affair, but it is like defining the Everest by the trash people left around while scaling it. All I can say about it is that if we rule out good people for petty issues of this sort, what we end up with are bad people who are just good at hiding their flaws.
The only complaint I have about the book is that it is too huge, I think he wanted to make sure to include everyone who mattered to him and did not want to leave out anybody and use the opportunity to support his wife's presidential bid by detailing everything that they did for the country. I had been skipping sections but overall a good read and an honest portrayel of his life without any glossing over.
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Wow..Leena. This should be one of the best complimentary reviews that Billy would have gotten for his book. Even I was tempted to plan to read it. But then again, you have only discouraged me from that too..by that volume comment of your's. At this age I am totally against handling volume business..even when it comes to reading..
ReplyDeleteNowadays the one thing that I consciously look for while picking books to read is it's cover to cover thickness and I have to say that I have been pretty happy with the results that I have gotten so far.
But that is also because what I usually end up reading are my daughter's children's books and that too only when I feel like I need that one quick shot of general knowledge to keep myself ahead of the curve, while I am discussing 'stuff' with her. :-) The kids these days know too much..I say...
Continuing on the same topic, I am impressed with the fact that your son is able to grasp complex topics of international trade and finance at such a young age itself; and that too while looking over his mother's shoulders at what she is reading..That is good work indeed..Convey my best regards to him...