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Friday, May 2, 2008

It's Getting Ugly Out There -- Jack Cafferty

John Wiley & Sons, 2007 There are many who will recognize the name Jack Cafferty from his many years as a New York newsman. And many more will recognize him from his no-nonsense commentary and observations from "The Cafferty File" on CNN. In his first book, It's Getting Ugly Out There, Jack Cafferty... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, April 25, 2008

How Would A Patriot Act? -- Glenn Greenwald

Working Assets Publishing, 2006 Dissent is not unpatriotic. In fact, dissent is necessary for the continuous flow of information in a free society. The ability to voice a differing or contrary opinion without fear of governmental retaliation is accorded every American in the Constitution through the... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, March 1, 2008

The End Of America: Letter Of Warning To A Young Patriot -- Naomi Wolf

Chelsea Green Publishing, 2007 Sometime in the near future, the United States of America will reach an ideological and political tipping point, a point of no return, where almost everything the Constitution of the United States is a guarantor of -- and the government is a steward over -- will be... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, December 10, 2007

The Choice: Global Domination or Global Leadership -- Zbigniew Brzezinski

Basic Books, 2004 How is it that America has become the leading economic power, the leading cultural indicator, and the most dominating military presence on the planet but still manages to be such an insecure entity in the world? How can we be the leading promoters of globalization and at the same... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, December 1, 2007

Blackwater:Rise Of The World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army--Jeremy Scahill

Nation Books, 2007 There once was hard working man who built a small empire on the sales of car accessories. This man had a son who was trained in the art of war. The son inherited many things from his father: a strong sense of nation, patriotism, conservative politics, Christian morals, hard work... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, October 21, 2007

Statecraft: How to Restore America's Standing in the World -- Dennis Ross

Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2007 There may be no more important a field affecting the lives of millions, even billions, of people (excluding medical science) and their cultural interrelationships than statecraft. There is much to suggest that the current Bush administration is heavy on promoting... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, September 15, 2007

Blasphemy -- Alan Dershowitz

John Wiley & Sons, 2007 For those of you who do not know who Alan Dershowitiz is: why, he is the devil incarnate, or that would be the way he might be portrayed by religious revisionists. However, he is nothing of the sort, being the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. He... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, August 31, 2007

Epidemic: A Global History Of AIDS -- Jonathan Engel

Smithsonian Books, 2006 The statistics are daunting, staggering, frightening. There are an estimated 40 million people throughout the world who now are HIV/AIDS positive. That number may double within the next decade as the virus pushes deeper into China and the Indian subcontinent, the two largest... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, August 18, 2007

Making A Killing -- Madelaine Drohan

The Lyons Press, 2003 It is no secret that business can be a deceitful and deadly endeavour. What remains secret, if all goes well and there aren't any prying eyes and loose tongues (and even if there are), are the underhanded and forceful manipulations that underscore company and corporate... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, August 9, 2007

Endless Universe: Beyond The Big Bang -- Paul J. Steinhardt and Neil Turok

Doubleday, 2007 There are some theories that are generally accepted, such as Einstein's Theory of Relativity. Then there are those that people grapple with, such as the Big Bang Theory. Why? Because some theories are just easier to accept and Einstein's Theory of Relativity doesn't seem to get in... Sign in to see full entry.

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