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Book Review: The Penguin State Of The World Atlas

Posted on May 12, 2024 by nathanalbright

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 →

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Book Review: How Rights Went Wrong

Posted on May 9, 2024 by nathanalbright

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 →

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Book Review: A Fine Mess

Posted on May 7, 2024 by nathanalbright

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 →

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Book Review: Rights Gone Wrong

Posted on May 6, 2024 by nathanalbright

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 →

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Book Review: Religious Liberty In Crisis

Posted on May 5, 2024 by nathanalbright

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 →

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Book Review: Forever Free

Posted on April 25, 2024 by nathanalbright

Forever Free: The Story Of Emancipation And Reconstruction, by Eric Foner and Joshua Brown What is it that makes this book so superior, in general, to Foner’s other works on the subject of Reconstruction? It is obvious, for example, in … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Second Founding

Posted on April 24, 2024 by nathanalbright

The Second Founding: How The Civil War And Reconstruction Remade The Constitution, by Eric Foner This book is a classic example of why someone cannot trust the reputation of contemporary historians when they seek to write history with an eye … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Address Book

Posted on April 23, 2024 by nathanalbright

The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power, by Deirdre Mask The author of this book appears to be torn between wishing to celebrate the way that street addresses can help people–assuming that those street … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Nowhere Left To Go

Posted on April 11, 2024 by nathanalbright

Nowhere Left To Go: How Climate Change Is Driving Species To The Ends Of The Earth, by Benjamin Von Brackel A book as melodramatic as this one deserves a soundtrack with the (almost) title track being Melissa Ethridge’s “Nowhere To … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Incomplete, True, Authentic, And Wonderful History Of May Day

Posted on April 4, 2024 by nathanalbright

The Incomplete, True, Authentic, And Wonderful History Of May Day, by Peter Linebaugh To call this book a history is a bit dishonest. This book’s title presents itself as a work of scholarship on May Day, perhaps a bit irreverently … Continue reading →

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