Reviews::Books::To My Son in Uniform
Very, very good set of essays from a former Marine to his recently enlisted son about life, love, and citizenship. The chapter on sex before marriage (”Your” Sex Life in Service) is one of the better arguments that I’ve ever seen for not only abstinence but monogamy after marriage as well. It’s so good, that I fully intend to use it with Eli and Betsy when the time comes for the serious talk(s).
Felsen’s writing is very clean with lots of declarative sentences that really snap (unlike mine). His thinking is also equally well-constructed and obviously comes from a well-grounded philosophy of the world and our place in it. The only parts that I found even remotely disagreeable where the chapters glorifying the eventual world order. The interesting thing is that even as I was rolling my eyes, the clarity of his arguments were impressive. His first assumptions might be different from mine, but the arguments proceeded in a regular way that left me thinking how much fun it would be to know him socially.
Go buy this one because it’s definitely a keeper.