Mark Dunbar
Mark Dunbar is a freelance writer based in Indianapolis. He can be reached by email at mark.dunbar1988@gmail.com or on Twitter @Mark1Dunbar.
Posts by Mark Dunbar
Why Read?
BOOK READERS must seem all the same to non-book readers. Just another hobby group, like soccer fans or bridge players. I experienced this prejudice... Read More
Book Review: The Broken Road: George Wallace and a Daughter’s Journey to Reconciliation
BY PEGGY WALLACE KENNEDY BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING, DECEMBER 2019 304PP., $28.00 George Wallace, four-term governor of Alabama and three-time presidential candidate, relished hypocrisy. He relished... Read More
Kobe Bryant: A Tragedy
One of my most vivid childhood memories is of hating Kobe Bryant. I was a Sacramento Kings fan, and Sacramento was always losing to... Read More
Populists and Progressives
“Do you believe in a citizen’s right to gun ownership?” “I do.” “Do you believe that the life of an unborn child should be... Read More
The History of Philosophy
BY A.C. GRAYLING PENGUIN PRESS, 2019 704PP.; $35.00 If A.C. Grayling’s The History of Philosophy were a river, it would be shallow with a... Read More
A Visit to the New Vonnegut Library and Museum
Canonization can do irreparable harm to a person's reputation. What got them notoriety in the first place was their willingness to fight for something,... Read More
Book Review: Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators
BY RONAN FARROW LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY, 2019 414 PP.; $30.00 "It's a big club, and you ain't in it." So goes the punchline... Read More