This is a well-written, thoughtful and very timely book that I believe every American would do well to read, regardless of political persuasion.Whether you’re liberal or conservative, you will learn something about the history of American political ideas, and you’ll learn a lot about how profoundly different our government is today from the American government [...]
Ramo’s background is primarily in journalism, and it shows.
On the positive side, Ramo is a good storyteller and he knows how to keep the book lively and engaging.He does it well enough that he can even be convincing, and his not-so-subtle name dropping certainly ties in with that.
But the negative side is that the book [...]
I first learned of Sir Ken Robinson through watching his lecture “Do Schools Kill Creativity” free on the Internet last year (his talks have been viewed millions of times by people across the world). In that talk he mentions he was in the process of writing a book — THE ELEMENT: How Finding Your Passion [...]
“Courting Disaster” begins with a note from the author: “You should not be reading this book. I should not have been able to write it.”Thiessen examines all the classified info leaked “drip by drip” over the years by government officials and the info the Obama Administration put out in the public domain last year.Really good [...]
A concept born in a simpler time used as an excuse for many things from Socialism to controlled capitalism.As with any pivotal work, one should read it for his/her self.There is always the chance of misinterpretation by an individual, but if you do not read this then you are just accepting someone’s word anyway.
This [...]