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No, Sir, That Ain't History: A Review of David Aaronovitch's "Voodoo Histories." | Print |  E-mail
Written by Joe Wolverton, II   
Tuesday, 09 February 2010 08:47

David Aaronovitch has not written a “whodunit;” he has not written a “who really dunit;” he has a written a “why only idiots and simpletons think that someone other than who is supposed to have dun it actually dun it.”

 
Who Authored the Shakespeare Canon? | Print |  E-mail
Written by Raven Clabough   
Tuesday, 26 January 2010 17:00

Marlowe-Shakespeare ConnectionIn The Marlow-Shakespeare Connection: A New Study of the Authorship Question, Samuel Blumenfeld undertakes the difficult task of proving an alternative author to the Shakespeare canon: Christopher Marlowe.

 
How "Obamanomics" Is Bankrupting You | Print |  E-mail
Written by Ed Hiserodt   
Friday, 22 January 2010 00:00

book reviewFewer and fewer Americans would accept the clichés “Big business always resists government intrusion” and “Democrats are for the working class, while Republicans support the rich.” In the day of the Internet, it is often all too easy to figure out the less-than-altruistic motives of our elected officials and which costly, ineffective, and unconstitutional programs politicians support merely to “buy” votes for reelection. But most Americans (including your reviewer before reading Obamanomics) have no idea how totally corrupt our federal government has become.

 
"Crisis and Command": John Yoo Again Defends Torture and an All-powerful Presidency | Print |  E-mail
Written by Thomas R. Eddlem   
Monday, 18 January 2010 09:46

John Yoo's Crisis and Command is a turgid, 524-page love letter to an all-powerful Presidency generally and to dictatorship specifically. His theme? More Caesar, less Senate.

 
Al Gore's Propagandistic "Our Choice" | Print |  E-mail
Written by Ed Hiserodt   
Thursday, 03 December 2009 17:00

Al Gore at book signingAl Gore's new book, Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis, is an exercise in emotionally charged propaganda calling for mankind to give up its standard of living and accept large increases in government power for the sake of the environment. Gore draws the conclusion, "The only meaningful and effective solutions to the climate crisis involve massive changes in human behavior." Characteristically missing from his argument is evidence that humans are a significant cause of global warming. Forgoing logical appeal, he instead targets readers' emotions, detailing supposed results of warming that threaten Earth's very existence.

 
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