To Kill a Mockingbird ***1/2, The Lifespan of a Fact ***, Clueless **1/2
By: David Sheward December 24, 2018: Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird (1960) is a beloved American classic. Taught in high schools for decades, it recently won a much-publicized PBS poll as the country's favorite novel. The touching story of a young girl learning hard adult lessons in a Depression-wracked Alabama town through the sage humanity of her compassionate widowed father has been immortalized in an Osc…