Perhaps in a few years some of them will come to Fort Worth, Texas, for the Cliburn competition.

This summer has been a time for reading important current books on political policy and thought. And makes me wonder if I should backtrack and find some pithy Marx essays as background. His name is thrown around by people who probably have never actually read any of his theory. (I have, but a long time ago, hence the interest in re-reading or finding more.) American libraries aren't supposed to share information or keep records about what their clients research or check out, but in this digital age they probably can't help but have records like that. Staying out of trouble at the library may mean simply paying cash for used books at the brick and mortar store in town.