Oh, My! Padres and Enberg in courting stage Nov 18, 2009
I can't think of anything that would more enrich and elevate the Padres as a franchise, said Curt Smith, the James Boswell of baseball broadcasting. It would be a 10-strike. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Review: Samuel Johnson bio shows man behind text Nov 11, 2009
He also left behind grist for a huge collection of biographies, including one by his most famous biographer, James Boswell. Johnson said about biographies, "Sir, there is no doubt as to peculiarities: the question is, whether a man's vices should be mentioned...". (Honolulu Advertiser)
The diagnosis? Hypochondria Oct 15, 2009
In 1763, at the age of 23, writer James Boswell suffered his first bout of hypochondria while studying in Holland. Arriving in Utrecht, he suddenly found himself plunged into worry, lassitude and depression. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
The literary lion who hated us, and why we love him anyway Sep 20, 2009
After the first skirmishes of the Revolution, he didn t budge, confiding to his legendary biographer, James Boswell, I am willing to love all mankind, except an American. His antipathy even extended to the discoverer of the continent, Christopher Columbus, whom he vilified as a wild projector, an idle promiser of kingdoms in the clouds. (Boston Globe)
Top 10 Books Every College Student Should Read Sep 15, 2009
James Boswell, The Life of JohnsonDr. Johnson reminds us that the first Whig (liberal) was the devil and that a truly conservative approach to politics is anti-ideological, anti-statist, and anti-political: How small of all that human hearts endure that part which laws or kings can cause or cure. (Human Events Online)
Funny and Famous Wine Quotes and To... Jul 4, 2009
Reference credit is sometimes given to James Boswell, as it was written in Boswell s book The Life of Samuel Johnson, yet Johnson himself previously wrote it. When curious about quotes checking with , it has been a definitive resource for quotes for more than one hundred years. (Suite101.com)
He Was the Greatest Professional Writer in the History of English Literature Feb 23, 2009
And while James Boswell, his friend and biographer, hurried to point out that "numerous instances to refute this will occur to all who are versed in the history of literature," Johnson's dictum does contain an essential truth about the kind of writer he was. "His character and manners were aggressive, and he saw life itself as a perpetual contest," writes Jeffrey Meyers in the introduction to his fluent and accessible new biography. (Slate)
