Politics
AMERICA IS IN DECLINE: SIGNS, CAUSES, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR GLOBAL POLITICS
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Non-Fiction Reviews
Walking It Off – by Doug Peacock
January 23, 2025Doug Peacock’s reputation frequently precedes him as does that of his late, larger-than-life friend and father...
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Non-Fiction Reviews
The War of the World: Twentieth-Century Conflict and the Descent of the West by Niall Ferguson
January 21, 2025Niall Ferguson is hot—about as hot as a historian can get.
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History
Wade Hampton: Confederate Warrior, Conservative Statesman by Walter Brian Cisco
January 21, 2025Biography, if it serves the reader, is best written not only with the exploits of the...
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Non-Fiction Reviews
I, Wabenzi: A Souvenir – by Rafi Zabor
January 21, 2025Although this is a sly, sidelong-glance kind of book that repeatedly takes you to a different...
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Non-Fiction Reviews
The Union: England, Scotland And the Treaty of 1707 – by Michael Fry
January 21, 2025The story of modern Britain – at least one of the stories – begins some three...
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Non-Fiction Reviews
The Uncivil War: Irregular Warfare in the Upper South 1861-1865 by Robert R. Mackey
January 21, 2025Army Major Robert R. Mackey, currently assigned to the Pentagon, has written a much-needed study of...
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Non-Fiction Reviews
The Truth About Drug Companies: How They Deceive Us and What To Do About It – by Marcia Angell
January 21, 2025When AstraZeneca was on the verge of losing its patent to manufacture exclusively the $6 billion...
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Fiction Reviews
The Translation of Dr. Apelles: A Love Story – by David Treuer
January 21, 2025The novel’s postmodernism is not its strongest or even its most salient feature; and comparing the...
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Fiction Reviews
The True Account: A Novel of the Lewis and Clark and Kinneson Expeditions by Howard Frank Mosher
January 20, 2025Enter Howard Frank Mosher and his delightfully picaresque novel THE TRUE ACCOUNT – A Novel of...
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Non-Fiction Reviews
The Conservative Bookshelf by Chilton Williamson, Jr.
January 20, 2025There is a small cadre of American writers whose gifts and talents are so significant that...
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Fiction Reviews
The Trade – By Shirley Palmer
January 20, 2025Matt Lowell is a character straight out of central casting for the Lifetime Network. He’s a...
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Non-Fiction Reviews
Stories From the Haunted South – by Alan Brown
January 20, 2025An old Cornish prayer that has become part of the American lexicon goes, “From goulies and...
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Fiction Reviews
The Taking – by Dean Koontz
January 18, 2025Dean Koontz has always been a master of plot, dialogue, and description. His talents are such...
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Fiction Reviews
Stewball – by Peter Bowen
January 18, 2025I’ll begin by saying that I enjoyed immensely the first seven or eight novels in Peter...
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Fiction Reviews
Temping – by Kirby Olson
January 18, 2025Milhouse Moot, the narrator of Kirby Olson’s autobiographical comic-allegorical novel, is severely depersonalized, rendering the story...
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History
The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic – by Chalmers Johnson
January 18, 2025Back in 2008 the United States had what was called a “California style” referendum. Empire or...
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Non-Fiction Reviews
September Swoon: Richie Allen, the ’64 Phillies, and Racial Integration by William C. Kashatus
January 18, 2025For Philadelphians over a certain age, the year 1964 evokes bitter memories of a Phillies team...
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History
In the Rose Garden of the Martyrs: A Memoir of Iran – by Christopher de Bellaigue
January 18, 2025Americans would be well advised to learn about Iran’s culture and tragic recent history before our...
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Non-Fiction Reviews
Silk Road to Ruin: Is Central Asia the New Middle East? by Ted Rall
January 18, 2025Who are the Stans? What are the Stans? Where are the Stans and what in the...
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Non-Fiction Reviews
Rising Up and Rising Down: Some Thoughts on Violence, Freedom and Urgent Means – by William T. Vollmann
January 16, 2025With the exceptions of several of his earlier works, every time I take on a book...
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Fiction Reviews
No Man’s Dog: A Detective Sergeant Mulheisen Mystery – by Jon A. Jackson
January 14, 2025In No Man’s Dog Jon Jackson weaves a curious juxtaposition between his long-time hero “Fang” Mulheisen,...
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Television
House Recap: ‘Post Mortem’ (Season 8, Episode 20)
January 5, 2025So is House achieving emotional balance, just in time to lose his best (only) friend? Is...
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Movies & TV
House Recap: ‘Everybody Dies’ (Season 8, Episode 22 – Series Finale)
December 28, 2024And now to the issues fans will no doubt be debating for ages to come: Did...
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Movies & TV
House Recap: ‘The C-Word’ (Season 8, Episode 19)
January 8, 2025That wasn’t as bad as I feared. Wilson’s alive (for now) and it looks like next...
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Movies & TV
House Recap: ‘Holding On’ (Season 8, Episode 21)
December 31, 2024Sometimes the worst thing about being a pessimist is how often you’re right. I would have...
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Movies & TV
The Killing Recap: Sayonara, Hiawatha (Season 2, Episode 9)
December 29, 2024A recap/review of The Killing Sayonara, Hiawatha (Season 2, Episode 9)
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Movies & TV
The Killing Recap: 72 Hours (Season 2, Episode 10)
December 26, 2024A recap/review of The Killing: 72 Hours (Season 2, Episode 10)
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Movies & TV
The Killing Recap: Keylela (Season 2, Episode 7)
January 3, 2025A recap/review of The Killing: Keylela (Season 2, Episode 7)
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Movies & TV
The KillingRecap: Off The Reservation (Season 2, Episode 8)
January 2, 2025A recap/review of The Killing: Off the Reservation (Season 2, Episode 8)
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Movies & TV
100 Greatest Gangster Films: Charley Varrick, #78
January 8, 2025Few filmgoers noticed Charley Varrick when it came out in 1973. After all, The Godfather, that...
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