“How
does it serve the public if we’re first? You know what first is all
about? It’s vanity. It’s self-conceit. No one’s sitting at home watching
5 TV monitors saying, ‘Oh they were first!’ That’s a game that we play
in our control rooms. Maybe a touch of humility would serve us better.” -Scott Pelley
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As 2024 comes to an end, I am once again reflecting on all the great books I read. This has been a blog tradition since 2019 when I wrote my...
December Book Club Pick
Beth's father, Max, is at the end of his life, and his only request is that Beth go through an old box of memorabilia from when he served as a medic in World War II. Among the souvenirs is a photograph of Max with a woman, the German wife of a Nazi officer with whom Max risked everything. Meanwhile in a nearby private care home is a German woman with her own past to share. When she and Beth meet, Beth realizes that after all this time her father needs closure.
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