Tag: politics
member name: Gil T. Wilson
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September 13, 2006 02:21 PM EDT --
WOW just wow. I have just completed reading my 3rd book by Dan Brown, and I am still out of breath. "Deception Point" is a thrill a minute. It is like watching a season of "24" but . . .
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November 01, 2006 08:42 PM EST --
In rounding out my Dan Brown reading there was only 1 of the 4 novels I hadn't read. But now I have and I wish I would have read this one first. That way I wouldn't have been let down. . . .
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August 30, 2006 02:07 PM EDT --
Democrats.org has a post called "CDF Katrina Project Needs Books" that's worth checking out...
The Children's Defense Fund (CDF) Freedom Schools Katrina Project partners with community . . .
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January 11, 2007 02:28 AM EST --
If you haven't yet read Michael Moore's letter to the president I'm including it below. After the letter I would like to discuss a few Items.
But First the letter: . . .
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August 03, 2006 10:41 PM EDT --
Okay, I'm going to go on a rant here...but I think this stuff needs to be said. At least, I feel I need to say it.
Why have we lost our creativity and appreciation for creativity? There are numerous . . .
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December 01, 2006 09:57 PM EST --
When I saw that Hollywood was making a movie based on Eric Schlosser's book "Fast Food Nation," my first response was, "Will America's movie going audience be prepared for another . . .
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August 07, 2006 02:16 PM EDT --
First of all let me start by saying I think that listening to an audiobook (especially an unabridged one) is the same as reading a book. In fact it's a great way to read while commuting. . . .
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October 11, 2006 11:40 PM EDT --
a Book Review: "Animal Liberation" by Peter Singer
At the risk of losing many of you at the first part of this review, I will tell you this book was recommended by PETA. I have recently . . .
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August 27, 2006 07:24 PM EDT --
Okay, if you are a corporation or support corporations not having to pay taxes or to clean up their own toxic messes, this book is not for you, because you are already receiving all the good stuff . . .
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November 22, 2006 02:08 PM EST --
How can a law abiding police officer become one of the most wanted Animal liberationists, sought by the FBI, Scotland Yard and many state police? This book tells the story of how the Animal Liberation . . .
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September 21, 2007 02:25 AM EDT --
The U.S. Senate just told us to sit down and be quiet. They passed a resolution condemning MoveOn.org and it has one purpose: To intimidate all of us who care about ending this war. To send a message that . . .
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June 29, 2007 09:52 PM EDT --
Okay first of all, the rules are not new because the book was published in 2005. This makes some of the issues dated but for the most part many of Bill Maher's "polite musings" are right . . .
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July 21, 2008 10:49 PM EDT --
Anytime a politician writes a book and they haven't run for president yet, you know they will be. Well that's just what happened with Senator Barack Obama. This book was published in . . .
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September 29, 2006 09:46 PM EDT --
I read a couple of books recently that kept referring to Upton Sinclair's novel "The Jungle." Those books were "Fast Food Nation" by Eric Schlosser and "Don't Eat this . . .
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March 30, 2007 10:41 PM EDT --
Some of you may be wondering why did I pick up this book and read it. Well honestly, I at first thought it would be a great "get-to-know-the-enemy" book. But after reading some choice . . .
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April 17, 2007 08:07 PM EDT --
When Frank Herbert wrote "Dune" in 1965, it was something different. Although Dune was accepted and read by the same circles who read Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke, "Dune" . . .
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October 19, 2006 04:02 PM EDT --
This is another writing from my dad. This speaks of the crystal-meth problem in the town where he used to live.
The Crystalline Entity
Cross over the swollen, muddy river to the village . . .
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October 17, 2006 04:32 PM EDT --
I, being a scientific sort of guy, accept the fact that there is no such thing as cold, only an absence of heat. Along with that acceptance came the realization that there is no silence, only an . . .
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January 18, 2007 08:55 PM EST --
I'm on one of my "read-the-classics" kicks again. So I have decided to read a couple of novels that have been classified as some as classics. My catch is that when I read more than one book . . .
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January 26, 2007 11:48 PM EST --
I've never considered myself a fan of history, at least not in so far as sitting down and reading a history book for pleasure. Let alone a medical history book. Anytime I read anything about diseases . . .
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