Author Archives: Barbara Frederick

Scott Turow is one of my favorite authors. I’ve read several of his books, but mostly some while ago. I recently reviewed his non-fiction book about the death penalty, “Ultimate Punishment.”  http://ethicalstl.org/blogs/review/reviewreviewreviewultimate-punishment-a-lawyers-reflections-on-dealing-with-the-death-penalty-2003/

As most of you know, Kate has been promoting the book by the same name, even loaning it out to members to read.  For those of you who prefer the DVD to the book, here is a review I wrote … Continue reading →

Harry Stein was offered the assignment of writing a regular column on ethics for Esquire Magazine. His editor wanted it to include some humor, but also be about real ethical issues. No pressure. Stein succeeded so well that as soon … Continue reading →

It was first released in 1938, obviously anti-drug propaganda. In 2004, it was colorized and released on a DVD along with a great collection of special features. That’s the one I have; it’s called “special addiction.” The special features are … Continue reading →

A BBC film documenting a critical period in Charles Darwin’s life, basically from the time he returned from his voyage on the Beagle until the publication of The Origin of Species.You know the basic facts, I’m sure. For one thing, … Continue reading →

I’m not entirely sure to whom Mr. Templeton addressed this book. Since he wrote several while he was still a Christian and an ally of Billy Graham, a Canadian preacher who was pretty well known, I suppose we can assume … Continue reading →

I don’t normally review movies that are actually TV mini-series, but this one is really unique. It’s also six hours long, on two DVDs from Netflix. It’s full of stars: Al Pacino plays Roy Cohn, a Jewish lawyer and Washington … Continue reading →

An extremely stimulating book. Thought-provoking. Made me want to learn more about almost every person and event she discusses. In other words, just what a history book should be. American secularism started in Europe, of course, especially in what colonists … Continue reading →

A British animation that captures the best of Orwell’s “fable” while making it sufficiently subdued for children. There is violence, but it takes place “out of camera,” as it were.

This is the sort of book that makes you go looking for the rest of the author’s works. She’s intelligent, amusing, insightful, and thinks a good bit like me politically and socially. These are apparently magazine and newspaper articles, probably … Continue reading →