Tom Harley: 4 books

‘As my old pappy used to say…’ Bret Maverick began, but Pappy had had it: ‘I never used to say any of those things! You’ve been misquoting me all your life!’ ‘Well, you said so many dumb things it was hard to keep track!’ As we near the end of our book, we can...

Like the weather of most towns – ‘don’t like the narrative just now? Stick around; it will change. Also containing an unanticipated tribute to dear old Dad, who dominates at end-of-book. It is as the apocryphal quote of Mark Twain realized: ‘When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was...

On the surface, the letter-writing campaign was a failure. Opposition which would ultimately lead to a Supreme Court ban of the religious organization continued unabated. It has only intensified since. Two and only two groups of children have been recognized by authorities as at risk of “destructive...

In early 2017, Jehovah’s Witnesses were invited just once to write Vladimir Putin. Within two months, up to 49 million letters had been sent. They weren’t all to Putin – other officials were identified – but his was the most visible name. Trouble was not averted, yet Russia came to know of...