Monthly Archives: August 2019

Book Review: The New Jim Crow

Posted on August 29, 2019 by nathanalbright

The New Jim Crow:  Mass Incarceration In The Age Of Colorblindness, by Michelle Alexander This is not a good book, but it is not as bad a book as it seems to want to be.  Admittedly, I am not the … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Understanding Mass Incarceration

Posted on August 29, 2019 by nathanalbright

Understanding Mass Incarceration:  A People’s Guide To The Key Civil Rights Struggle Of Our Time, by James Kilgore I have yet to read a single book that was labeled as a “people’s guide” or a “people’s history” that was ever … Continue reading →

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The Affair Of The Necklace

Posted on August 28, 2019 by nathanalbright

One of the lamentable ways that one can tell when a particular society has reached a state of terminal decline is when conspiracies and conspiracy theories no longer shock people but are considered to be a normal and acceptable.  We … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson And The Olympians #5)

Posted on August 28, 2019 by nathanalbright

The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson And The Olympians #5), by Rick Riordan This book’s title expresses a nice sentiment.  The Last Olympian refers to Hestia, the guardian of the hearth, who is often forgotten in this series and in general … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Lost Hero (The Heroes Of Olympus #1)

Posted on August 28, 2019 by nathanalbright

The Lost Hero (The Heroes Of Olympus #1), by Rick Riordan There is an essential problem with this book that suggests that Riordan has not learned the lesson of his problems in previous volumes, showing that while he can write … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Sea Of Monsters (Percy Jackson And The Olympians #2)

Posted on August 28, 2019 by nathanalbright

The Sea Of Monsters (Percy Jackson And The Olympians #2), by Rick Riordan As this is the fourth book by this author that I have read so far, I have to admit that this one is the best of the … Continue reading →

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All That You Can’t Leave Behind

Posted on August 27, 2019 by nathanalbright

After the difficulties that U2 had due to their documentary “Rattle And Hum,” they spent the entire 1990’s subverting their serious attitude to music, before returning once again to their earnest approach to music-making with 2001’s All That You Can’t … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Appalachian Reckoning

Posted on August 27, 2019 by nathanalbright

Appalachian Reckoning:  A Region Responds To HIllbilly Elegy, edited by Anthony Harkins and Meredith McCarroll This book would be more accurately subtitled:  A region’s progressives whine about Hillbilly Elegy.  That’s what this book is:  400 pages of mostly whining essays … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Ohio Frontier

Posted on August 27, 2019 by nathanalbright

The Ohio Frontier:  Crucible Of The Old Northwest, by R. Douglas Hurt I must admit this was not the most exciting book in the world to read.  It was not written by someone who approached the subject of Ohio’s relatively … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Appalachians

Posted on August 27, 2019 by nathanalbright

The Appalachians:  America’s First And Last Frontier, edited by Mari-Lynn Evans, Robert Santelli, and Holly George-Warren I have noticed something very striking recently in reading a lot of books about Appalachia, and that is the way that writers on Appalachia … Continue reading →

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