Featured Reviews

Pay-Off in Blood (1962) - Brett Halliday  (Grade:B)

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Silent Covenants: Brown v. Board of Education and the Unfulfilled Hopes for Racial Reform (2004) - Derrick A. Bell, Jr  (Grade:B+)

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Christmas at Thompson Hall (1877) - Anthony Trollope  (Grade:A-)

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Hollow (short story) (1982) - Breece D'J Pancake  (Grade:B)

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A Political Philosophy of Conservatism: Prudence, Moderation and Tradition (Bloomsbury Studies in the Aristotelian Tradition) (2021) - Ferenc Horcher  (Grade:A-)

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The Radicalism of the American Revolution (1991) - Gordon S. Wood  (Grade:A)

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MOVIE REVIEWS:

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F1; The Movie (2025) - Joseph Kosinski  (Grade:A+)

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Phantom Thread (2017) - Paul Thomas Anderson  (Grade:A-)

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Brothers Judd Daily

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01/15/26:

Frank Conroy (1936-) was born in New York, NY on January 15, 1936.

Ernest J. Gaines (1933-) was born in Pointe Coupee Parish, LA on January 15, 1933. Read Orrin's review of A Lesson Before Dying (1993)(Grade: A)

The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-68) was born in Atlanta, GA on January 15, 1929. He was named one of the Brothers Judd 10 Greatest Cultural figures of the 20th Century. Read Orrin's review of Dreamer: A Novel (1998)(Charles R. Johnson 1948-) (Grade: C)

Jean Baptiste Poquelin Moliere (1622-) was baptised on January 15, 1622.

Osip Mandelstam (1891-1938) was born in Warsaw, Poland on January 15, 1891.

Anchee Min (1957-) was born in Shanghai, China on January 14, 1957. Brothers Judd has reviewed several of her books.

John Dos Passos (1896-1970) was born in Chicago, IL on January 14, 1896. Read Orrin's review of The USA Trilogy (1930-36)(Grade: C)

Yukio Mishima [Kimitake Hiraoka] (1925-1970) was born in Tokyo, Japan on January 14, 1925. Read Orrin's review of The Sailor who Fell from the Grace with the Sea (1963)(Grade: C)

Horatio Alger (1834-99) was born in Revere, MA on January 13, 1834. Read Orrin's review of Ragged Dick or, Street Life in New York (1868)(Grade: B)

Albert Lamorisse was born in Paris, France on January 13, 1922. The Brothers Judd recommend his film, The Red Balloon [Le Ballon Rouge] (1956) (directed by Albert Lamorisse 1922-70)

Jay McInerney (1955-) was born on January 13, 1955. Read Orrin's reviews of Bright Lights, Big City (1984)(Grade: A) and Ransom (1985)(Grade: B-)

John Singer Sargent (1856-) was born in Florence, Italy on January 12, 1856.

Walter Mosley (1952-1925) was born in Los Angeles, CA on January 12, 1952. Read Orrin's review of Workin' on the Chain Gang: Shaking off the Dead Hand of History (2000).

Edmund Burke (1729-97) was born in Dublin, IRE on January 12, 1729. Read Orrin's review of Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790)(Grade: A+)

Jack London (1876-1916) was born in San Francisco, CA on January 12, 1876. Read Orrin's reviews of The Call of the Wild (1903) (Grade: A) and The Sea Wolf (1904)(Grade: A-)

Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804) was born on the island of Nevis, British West Indies on January 11, 1757. Read Orrin's review of Alexander Hamilton, American (1999)

Alan Paton (1903-88) was born in Pietermartizburg, South Africa on January 11, 1903.

William James (1842-1910) was born in New York, NY on January 11, 1842. Read Orrin's review of The Varieties of Religious Experience (1902).

Aldo Leopold (1887-) was born in Burlington, IA on January 11, 1887

Ethan Allen (1738-1789) was born in Litchfield, CT on January 10, 1738.