Daily Archives: August 21, 2022

How to Solve a Cold Case: And Everything Else You Wanted To Know About Catching Killers

Posted on August 21, 2022 by Luke Ford

Here are some highlights from this 2022 book by college professor Michael Arntfield: * People may demand diversity in their soft drink ads and sitcoms, but true crime stories still overwhelmingly cover white criminals and their white victims. * There … Continue reading →

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Carrying Her Books

Posted on August 21, 2022 by Luke Ford

When I was a kid in Australia, I read about this American courting custom of a bloke carrying a girl’s books for her. It seemed to really mean something. A girl wouldn’t just let any bloke carry her books. Once … Continue reading →

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This Is Chance!: The Shaking of an All-American City, A Voice That Held It Together

Posted on August 21, 2022 by Luke Ford

Here are some highlights from this 2020 book about the 1964 Anchorage earthquake, which measured 9.2 on the Richter scale: * Twenty-three hundred miles south of Anchorage, in an elegant, modernist ranch home in Pasadena, California, a sixty-three-year-old man and … Continue reading →

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