BOOK PLUG: Reader Jonathan Rubinstein writes: “Well, how about plugging a marvelous thriller by a Yale Law grad, Alan Scribner, who worked for Frank Hogan for many years. His worst experience, arresting and prosecuting Lennie Bruce for == nothing really. Anyway, Mars the Avenger. A Mystery in Ancient Rome, which I reviewed at Amazon. Also co-wrote a wonderful book about old age, Anni Ultimi: A Roman Stoic Guide to Old Age, based on a close reading of Seneca and others.” Mars the Avenger is 99 cents on Kindle, so I bought it. Then I bought Anni Ultimi, because I’ve been rereading the Stoics, and Epicurus, lately anyway. I’m probably more of an Epicurean than a Stoic myself.