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Post by midcan5 on Sept 13, 2021 16:14:32 GMT -5
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Post by midcan5 on Oct 2, 2021 7:04:42 GMT -5
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Post by midcan5 on Oct 5, 2021 16:52:24 GMT -5
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Post by midcan5 on Oct 13, 2021 8:34:10 GMT -5
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Post by midcan5 on Nov 6, 2021 18:21:44 GMT -5
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Post by midcan5 on Dec 23, 2021 8:45:38 GMT -5
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Post by midcan5 on Jan 29, 2022 12:30:17 GMT -5
Interesting list, I've only read one. Covid has changed so many things we took for granted. In a way it is a positive as we've learned survival skills and tools to stay healthy. But it has also caused loss of contacts and even friends. 'In the Second Winter of Our Lockdown' lithub.com/10-books-for-being-alone/"You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them." Ray Bradbury |
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Post by midcan5 on Mar 31, 2022 7:33:32 GMT -5
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Post by midcan5 on May 7, 2022 6:45:16 GMT -5
This book is fascinating and while it focuses on Trump it covers mind control and other cults and cult leaders. Excellent read. 'The Cult of Trump: A Leading Cult Expert Explains How the President Uses Mind Control' Steven Hassan www.goodreads.com/book/show/43261495-the-cult-of-trump'The Big Cheat: How Donald Trump Fleeced America and Enriched Himself and His Family' Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter and dean of Trumpologists David Cay Johnston reveals years of eye-popping financial misdeeds by Donald Trump and his family. www.goodreads.com/book/show/56898282-the-big-cheat"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." Isaac Asimov |
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Post by midcan5 on May 28, 2022 6:15:37 GMT -5
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Post by midcan5 on May 29, 2022 8:18:52 GMT -5
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Post by midcan5 on Jun 5, 2022 18:30:55 GMT -5
Questions for those who like to ponder why or if.www.edge.org/annual-questions'To arrive at the edge of the world's knowledge, seek out the most complex and sophisticated minds, put them in a room together, and have them ask each other the questions they are asking themselves.'
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Post by midcan5 on Jun 17, 2022 14:22:35 GMT -5
P.J. O’Rourke wrote this was of the 'this is the strangest book of note I have ever read...' I agree. 'This Is Not Propaganda: Adventures in the War Against Reality' by Peter Pomerantsev www.goodreads.com/book/show/41717504-this-is-not-propagandaAnd check out 'Nothing is True and Everything is Possible'. |
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Post by midcan5 on Jul 21, 2022 8:28:07 GMT -5
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Post by midcan5 on Jul 28, 2022 6:01:44 GMT -5
Read this years ago and while its coverage of political history is broad the first chapter, 'The Necessity of Politics' read again, covers so well the dilemmas and essentials of why Politics and Democratic government are essential. Check it out. 'The Origins of Political Order' Francis Fukuyama' www.theguardian.com/books/2011/may/12/origins-political-order-francis-fukuyama-review"Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education." Franklin D. Roosevelt |
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