-
Recent Posts
Archives
- May 2024
- April 2024
- March 2024
- February 2024
- January 2024
- December 2023
- November 2023
- October 2023
- September 2023
- August 2023
- July 2023
- June 2023
- May 2023
- April 2023
- March 2023
- February 2023
- January 2023
- December 2022
- November 2022
- October 2022
- September 2022
- August 2022
- July 2022
- June 2022
- May 2022
- April 2022
- March 2022
- February 2022
- January 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- October 2021
- September 2021
- August 2021
- July 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- November 2020
- October 2020
- September 2020
- August 2020
- July 2020
- June 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- November 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
Categories
- American Civil War
- American History
- Bible
- Biblical Art of War
- Biblical Guide To Demonology
- Biblical History
- Biblical Meditation
- Book Reviews
- Christianity
- Church of God
- E Pluribus Unim
- Graduate School
- History
- International Relations
- Love & Marriage
- Maternal Lines
- Middle East
- Military History
- Music History
- Musings
- NaNoWriMo
- On Creativity
- Psalms
- Satan's House Divided
- Sermonettes
- Somaliland
- Sons of Korah
- Sports
- Uncategorized
Meta
Category Archives: Book Reviews
Book Review: The Penguin State Of The World Atlas
The Penguin State Of The World Atlas, by Dan Smith Now, I happen to like Penguin as a publisher, mainly because they do a good job making inexpensive and easily accessible books from works in the public domain that I … Continue reading
Book Review: The Maori
The Maori (Early Peoples), by Geoffrey M. Horn There are a great many readers who consider books written for young people to be beneath criticism, not even worth reading, much less commenting about. One of the more striking things about … Continue reading
Book Review: The Story Of American Freedom
The Story Of American Freedom, by Eric Foner Sometimes grammar can make a big difference in how one is to view a book. This book would have been considerably easier to praise had it (accurately) labeled itself as “A Story … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Book Reviews, History
Tagged freedom, legitimacy, political history
Leave a comment
Book Review: How Rights Went Wrong
How Rights Went Wrong: Why Our Obsession With Rights Is Tearing America Apart, by Jamal Greene There is, on the left, a rising sense that rights have gone wrong and that they need to be curbed in some fashion. To … Continue reading
Book Review: Hebrew For Dummies
Hebrew For Dummies, by Jill Suzanne Jacobs This book is one that desperately wants to be hip and to show that a language that had been moribund for centuries, limited to liturgical use, had been resurrected like the Messiah as … Continue reading
Book Review: A Fine Mess
A Fine Mess: A Global Quest For A Simpler, Fairer, And More Efficient Tax System, by T.R. Reid One can tell a lot about this book if one knows a little bit about the author–which admittedly, I didn’t until looking … Continue reading
Book Review: Rights Gone Wrong
Rights Gone Wrong: How Law Corrupts The Struggle For Equality, by Richard Thompson Ford Why is it that so many writers see rights as having gone wrong in the contemporary era? If you read books like these, you get a … Continue reading
Book Review: Religious Liberty In Crisis
Religious Liberty In Crisis: Exercising Your Faith In An Age Of Uncertainty, by Ken Starr Is religious liberty in crisis in the United States? As recently as five years ago I would have said that it would have been premature … Continue reading
Book Review: The Adjunct Professor’s Complete Guide To Teaching College
The Adjunct Professor’s Complete Guide To Teaching College: How To Be an Effective And Successful Instructor, by Anthony D. Fredericks, Ed.D In general, it must be admitted that this book is a very good one in terms of providing a … Continue reading
Book Review: Farsi Dictionary & Phrasebook
Farsi Dictionary & Phrasebook, by Nicholas Awde & Camilla Shahribaf This book is a short book that lives up to its authors goals, and is part of a larger set of materials designed to help English speakers to read, speak, … Continue reading