The Power Of Books.

Via American Thinker, I came across an article about a controversy that occurred earlier this year.  A young girl named Jada Williams, a student in the Rochester Public School system, was inspired by an assignment to read Frederick Douglass’ autobiography Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, to write an essay indicting [...]

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My post on the experiences of Dr. Gisella Perl has received incredible response.  I want to thank all of you who have visited my website and commented on this particular post.  But I have some bad news.  Ayer Company Publishing is no longer in business.  A visitor actually posted a comment that the publisher was [...]

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I just finished reading an inside look at the story of MTV.  Entitled, I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution, authors Craig Marks and Rob Tannenbaum write about the beginnings of this network that revolutionized the music industry.  Their interviews included executives, roadies, directors, video vixens, rock stars, and managers.  With [...]

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I just finished reading a disturbing book about the Ivy League of information I knew nothing about.  This is a story I suspect has been conveniently hidden from the American public.  During the 1930′s, at the start of Nazi regime, American universities actively supported the regime.  The book that exposes this shameful spectacle is called The Third [...]

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Richard Wright wrote a sequel to his seminal autobiography Black Boy.  Wright had intended American Hunger to be published in conjunction with Black Boy.  It was published separately in 1977.  I was introduced to Wright in my early teens, but American Hunger escaped my radar.  This was a painful book to read.  Wright was desperately [...]

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A young aristocrat in ancient Rome lives a life of leisure.  Casually living his life, and indulging in pleasures while traveling through the countryside of the Roman Empire.  His journey leads him to the home of a sorceress and her servant.  One night he and the servant fool around.  He convinces the servant to use [...]

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I finally got the chance to watch the Atlas Shrugged movie.  Since I rented it through Netflix I was able to view the film multiple times.  I’ve done a review of the book a few years ago.  This was during the time the Tea Party movement was gaining momentum.  References to Atlas Shrugged and “Going [...]

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The Last Place On Earth by Roland Huntford gives us an inside look at the race to the South Pole.  Polar exploration is the product of the Industrial Revolution.  The excitement of exploring arctic regions was an incredible feat of ingenuity.  Huntford looks at two individuals who were racing to reach the South Pole, the last polar region to [...]

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I finished a delightful children’s novel that I think adults could enjoy as well.  Titled A Turn For DeWurst, writer Sydney Kendall tells the story of a highly intelligent girl named Astrid whose small town school has been taken over by a power-lusting teacher.  This teacher has managed to convince the town that teaching conformity and [...]

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November 2010 was a scary time for my family.  My father had a massive heart attack which was caused by three blocked arteries, two of which were 100% blocked.  Two stents were placed into his arteries.  The doctors were amazed he survived.  I attribute this to my father not being a smoker or heavy drinker.  [...]

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