Not surprisingly, these journals just get better and better as Merton tells the truth--about his frustrations, lousy health, prodigious reading and writing, keeping all his questions circling around his life, adding more questions and more maturity. I read the entries, especially on those dates that I remember, his response to Viet Nam, the Kennedy assassination, the civil rights movement--dissecting the central issues and, 50 years farther along the line--he was absolutely right. And charming, funny, delightful...