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Category Archives: Books
Allow Me to Retort
Elie Mystal thinks the US Constitution is trash. In Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy’s Guide to the Constitution he makes a solid case. Mystal is justice correspondent for The Nation and a graduate of Harvard Law School. Allow … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Law and justice
Tagged book review, constitution, elie mystal, nonfiction, rights, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
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How Rights Went Wrong
How did you feel on June 24, 2022, when the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and struck down the constitutionally protected right to abortion? Did you feel victorious? Elated? Vindicated? Did you feel that a terrible injustice had … Continue reading
Posted in Books, History, Law and justice
Tagged book review, constitution, Jamal Greene, nonfiction, rights, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
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A World on the Wing
I’ve been reading some pretty heavy stuff lately; books about the rise of tyranny around the world and some godawful decisions coming out of the US Supreme Court. I needed to take a break, read something a little more uplifting. … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Environment
Tagged birds, book review, climate change, extinction, nature, nonfiction, scott weidensaul
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The Road to Unfreedom
I read widely and I follow news and politics closely, but in recent years I’ve often felt utterly baffled by world events. It’s like I’m trying to put together a jigsaw puzzle without the picture on the box. I manage … Continue reading
Posted in Books, History, Politics
Tagged autocracy, book review, democracy, nonfiction, Russia, timothy snyder, tyranny, ukraine
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How the World Really Works
Global climate change is an unprecedented challenge for the world. To meet the challenge, we need to make unprecedented changes in the ways we live, work, produce, and consume. In a new book called How the World Really Works: … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Energy, Environment, Science and technology
Tagged book review, climate change, nonfiction, vaclav smil
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The Advice Trap
The Advice Trap: Be Humble, Stay Curious & Change the Way You Lead Forever could easily be boiled down to three or four PowerPoint slides. In fact, I suspect the book originated as three or four PowerPoint slides that were … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Management
Tagged book review, coaching, leadership, mentoring, mentorship, nonfiction, professional development, stanier
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Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible
On the surface, Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia is a memoir of the years 2001 to 2010 when the author, Peter Pomerantsev, lived and worked in Russia. In reality, the book … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Politics
Tagged autocracy, book review, nonfiction, peter pomerantsev, putin, Russia, tyranny
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Greenwood
I was on vacation last week and took one of my periodic side trips into fiction. Greenwood, by Canadian writer Michael Christie, is a novel about family and trees and the relationship between them. It spans four generations of the … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Environment
Tagged book review, cli-fi, fiction, forest, michael christie, trees
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On Tyranny
I’ve lived my whole life in democratic countries. I’ve never experienced what it’s like to live under a dictatorship, thankfully. But these days, I’m worried. Democracy here in the US and around the world seems more fragile that it used … Continue reading
Posted in Books, History, Politics
Tagged autocracy, book review, democracy, nonfiction, timothy snyder, tyranny
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