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Notes & Asides.(Column)
-- Dear Mr. Buckley: Being a fan of N&A, and feeling envy for your contributors' command of the English language, I would like to opine on this subject.
The basic purpose of any language is to communicate. If what has been said or written is understood, communication has been accomplished. To nitpick the method of delivery smacks of elitism.
My education, along with millions of others', was cut short in 1942, as we had more important things to do. I spent my career in the military with the basic purpose of defending our Constitution and freedoms. One of those freedoms -- freedom of speech -- guarantees this right not only to those who/whom speak eloquently, but also to those who use such phrases as "ain't got none" or "we is."
Proper use of language is commendable, but all do not possess the talent. I was "sicced" so many times while writing "Letters to the Editor" that I often felt the urge to bark, attack, and chase cars.
My writing career was cut short by a liberal editor who/whom didn't take kindly to my conservative views or/nor uneducated ramblings.
Clifton H. Chandler, USN (Ret.)
Santee, Calif.
- Herman Wouk
- Picture from: Archive Photos September 1, 1994 700+ words
...Wouk, Herman studio The author Herman Wouk has sold millions of copies of...and "War and Remembrance." Herman Wouk. Wouk. authors. writers...Pulitzer Prize winners. people Herman Wouk Copyright (c) Archive Photos...
- Hoover Institution: Herman Wouk: The Novelist as Social Historian by Hoover...
- Press release article from: Business Wire December 7, 2004 700+ words
STANFORD, Calif. -- The book Herman Wouk: The Novelist as Social Historian...generation of readers in the writings of Herman Wouk -- a living legacy of work that exemplifies...Controversy (Hoover Press, 1999). Herman Wouk: The Novelist as Social Historian by...
- Herman Wouk: the novelist as social historian.
- Magazine article from: National Review Hart, Jeffrey July 26, 1985 700+ words
...claim that this is a "comprehensive study of the writings of Herman Wouk"--surprise, since the book including its index is only...With his help, we can attempt an informed assessment of Herman Wouk as a man and as a writer. The creative drama in Wouk's...
- Herman Wouk's Sleight Of Hand: War and Forgetting In His Latest Novel
- Newspaper article from: Forward Hillel Halkin April 1, 1994 700+ words
Hillel Halkin Forward 04-01-1994 Herman Wouk's Sleight Of Hand: War and Forgetting In His Latest Novel...of Israel's first three wars, in 1948, 1956 and 1967, Herman Wouk writes: "Sir Walter Scott, the father of the historical...
- Fiction's Truest Voice; Herman Wouk Lauded At Library of Congress
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Ken Ringle May 16, 1995 700+ words
...s Tolstoy. "This is supposed to be a daylong symposium on Herman Wouk," biographer Robert Caro told a luncheon at the Library of Congress. "But the truth is that Herman Wouk is a symposium on the entire 20th century." Smiling shyly in...
- "War & Remembrance" a 50 percent sellout, despite Wouk ad bans: Ad Age. (Author...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire July 18, 1988 700+ words
...SELLOUT, DESPITE WOUK AD BANS: AD AGE NEW YORK, July 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Viewers watching ABC-TV's miniseries of Herman Wouk's "War & Remembrance" won't see commercials for analgesics, fast food, medical products, bathroom cleaners...
- Aurora Dawn, by Herman Wouk.
- Picture from: NYPL Digital Gallery unknown January 1, 1934 700+ words
- THE WILL TO LIVE ON: This Is Our Heritage.(Review)
- Magazine article from: USA Today (Magazine) KREYCHE, GERALD F. September 1, 2000 700+ words
...WILL TO LIVE ON: This Is Our Heritage BY HERMAN WOUK CLIFF STREET BOOKS 2000, 308 PAGES, $25.00 Herman Wouk, now 84, is an American legend to literati...minister Yitzhak Rabin was one of his dearest friends. Wouk's reflections draw upon...
Source: HighBeam Research, Notes & Asides.(Column)