The Writer's Life 12/7 - War & Peace

73 years ago today the Japanese staged their infamous attack on Pearl Harbor, killing 2403 U.S. servicemen and sinking 21 ships. They paid a steep price for their that treachery and the savagery they perpetrated elsewhere, especially in China. Today it is an ally, a positive global economic force. Will the same be true of America’s current enemies? Russia is dangerous and likely to become more so if the price of oil remains at this level or continues to slide and its economy goes in the tank. China is an economic dynamo. Will it be satisfied simply to continue to lift millions of its citizens out of poverty, or will it try to expand its territories? I doubt there is any hope in the battle against Islamist fanatics. But life is always surprising. Who would have thought that Hiroshima and Nagasaki would become thriving cities, given their nuclear devastation in 1945? Here are pics of each, Hiroshima first:

Recently, a football-sized truffle -- more than four pounds -- was found in Umbria, Italy. The previous largest was 2.5 pounds. Yesterday it was auctioned at Sotheby’s for $61,250 to a food lover on the phone in Taiwan. Bon appetit. Here’s what the fungus looks like:

Peggy Noonan’s column runs in the NY Post every Sunday. Today she described Senate Majority leader Harry Reid as a “small town undertaker who never gets around to telling you the cost of the casket.” Spot on, brilliant. Kudos, Madam.

I thought I'd be freezing my buns off at the floating book shop today, but the wind was blocked by the Chase Bank, as has happened so often, and it was actually quite pleasant. My thanks to Renzo, who bought a combination of five boxes of screws and nails, and the young gentleman who bought The Incompatibility of Men and Women by Julius Fast. Hope it helps.

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