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FACT DENOUNCED AS A FOUR-LETTER WORD is an enjoyable, thought-provoking collection of aphorisms by Piotr Bardzik. The author shows a quick mind and no small...
William A. Sikes’s THE END OF MEANING: Cultural Change in America Since 1945 presents interesting and thought-provoking ideas, though it reaches too far in its...
Ray Blasing's GENERAL CAREER INTELLIGENCE contains lots of good advice, though its rosy view of AI doesn't grapple with the societal problems the technology also...
MAKING DEMOCRACY COUNT: How Mathematics Improves Voting, Electoral Maps, and Representation
By Ismar VolicIsmar Volić’s MAKING DEMOCRACY COUNT: How Mathematics Improves Voting, Electoral Maps, and Representation is a useful guide for improving voting systems to avoid the problem...
A REALISTIC PATH TO PEACE: From Genocide to Global War… and How We Can Stop It
By Dee KnightDee Knight’s A REALISTIC PATH TO PEACE: From Genocide to Global War... and How We Can Stop It is a carefully considered, well-researched, and copiously...
Lance Moore’s CULTS ON TRIAL is an intelligent and well-researched book that brings new insight to the world of cults and cult leaders.
A book that was always going to struggle to stay as neutral as it claims to be, SILENT ECHOES by Aldo Grech is nonetheless a...
FOR THE HURT OF MY PEOPLE: Original Conservatism and Better, Simpler Healthcare
By Joseph Q. Jarvis, MD, MSPHIn his FOR THE HURT OF MY PEOPLE (Original Conservatism and Better, Simpler Healthcare), Dr. Joseph Q. Jarvis--who has been lobbying for healthcare reform for...
DYING TO LIVE: The Cost of Finding Purpose in the “Post-Outcomes” Modern World
By Jeff WatsonJeff Watson offers many valuable and perceptive arguments in DYING TO LIVE and his insights are, for the most part, powerful, empirically accurate and logically...
An attempt to deal with Covid conspiracies and the impact the virus has had on our politics and media in a factual way, Mak (Chanchal)...
UNANSWERED QUESTIONS is a well-written and comprehensive history of the 9/11 terrorist attack that raises key issues from the Family Steering Committee (FSC) that have...
I TOLD YOU SO! DONALD TRUMP: THE AWFUL YEARS is an informative look back at Donald Trump's campaign, presidency, and post-presidency.