Busting Myths about the State and the Libertarian Alternativeby Zack Rofer In non-technical terms, the libertarian is simply someone who is against the use of force against peaceful people in civil society. You would think that this would be a universally accepted idea, but to believe in government as we know it is to be … Continue reading Busting Myths about the State and the Libertarian Alternative
Black Gun, Silver Star
Black Gun, Silver Star: The Life and Legend of Frontier Marshal Bass Reevesby Art T. Burton In The Story of Oklahoma, Deputy U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves appears as the “most feared U.S. marshal in the Indian country.” That Reeves was also an African American who had spent his early life enslaved in Arkansas and Texas … Continue reading Black Gun, Silver Star
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Beyond Order
Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Lifeby Jordan B. Peterson The companion volume to 12 Rules for Life offers further guidance on the perilous path of modern life. In 12 Rules for Life, clinical psychologist and celebrated professor at Harvard and the University of Toronto Dr. Jordan B. Peterson helped millions of readers impose order … Continue reading Beyond Order
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Bad Pharma
Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patientsby Ben Goldacre We like to imagine that medicine is based on evidence and the results of fair testing and clinical trials. In reality, those tests and trials are often profoundly flawed. We like to imagine that doctors who write prescriptions for everything from antidepressants to … Continue reading Bad Pharma
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Amusing Ourselves to Death
Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Businessby Neil Postman What happens when media and politics become forms of entertainment? As our world begins to look more and more like Orwell's 1984, Neil's Postman's essential guide to the modern media is more relevant than ever. Neil Postman’s groundbreaking polemic about the … Continue reading Amusing Ourselves to Death
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All the Presidents’ Bankers
All the Presidents' Bankers: The Hidden Alliances That Drive American Powerby Nomi Prins A groundbreaking narrative of how an elite group of men transformed the American economy and government, dictated foreign and domestic policy, and shaped world history. Culled from original presidential archival documents, All the Presidents' Bankers delivers an explosive account of the hundred-year … Continue reading All the Presidents’ Bankers
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A Troublesome Inheritance
A Troublesome Inheritance: Genes, Race and Human Historyby Nicholas Wade Drawing on startling new evidence from the mapping of the genome, an explosive new account of the genetic basis of race and its role in the human story Fewer ideas have been more toxic or harmful than the idea of the biological reality of race, … Continue reading A Troublesome Inheritance
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