BOOK REVIEWThe Shadow Docket: How the Supreme Court Uses Stealth Rulings to Amass Power and Undermine the Republicby Stephen Vladeck 2023 About the AuthorStephen Vladeck holds the Charles Alan Wright Chair in Federal Courts at the University of Texas School of Law. His work has been published in the New York Times, the Los Angeles … Continue reading The Shadow Docket
Black Ops
BOOK REVIEWBlack Ops: The Life of a CIA Shadowby Ric Prado 2022 About the AuthorRIC PRADO has received many awards over the course of his twenty-four year career in the Central Intelligence Agency, including the CIA’s Distinguished Career Intelligence Medal (highest award given upon retirement) and the George H. W. Bush Award for Excellence in … Continue reading Black Ops
The Lincoln Miracle, Inside the Republican Convention that Changed History
BOOK REVIEWThe Lincoln Miracle, Inside the Republican Convention that Changed Historyby Ed Achorn 2023 About the AuthorEDWARD ACHORN, a Pulitzer Prize finalist for Commentary and winner of the Yankee Quill Award, is the author of the highly-praised Every Drop of Blood: The Momentous Second Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln, as well as two acclaimed books about … Continue reading The Lincoln Miracle, Inside the Republican Convention that Changed History
A Fever in the Heartland
BOOK REVIEWA Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Themby Timothy Egan 2023 About the AuthorTIMOTHY EGAN is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and the author of ten books, including the A FEVER IN THE HEARTLAND. His book on the Dust Bowl, THE WORST HARD … Continue reading A Fever in the Heartland
The Mathematics of the Gods and the Algorithms of Men
BOOK REVIEWThe Mathematics of the Gods and the Algorithms of Men: A Cultural Historyby Paolo Zellini 2020 About the AuthorPaolo Zellini is a professor of mathematics at the University of Rome, where his research focuses on numerical analysis and the evolution of mathematical thought. He is the author of the international bestseller A Brief History … Continue reading The Mathematics of the Gods and the Algorithms of Men
Unbelievers
BOOK REVIEWUnbelievers: An Emotional History of Doubtby Alec Ryrie 2019 About the AuthorAlec Ryrie graduated from Cambridge University with a degree in history and received a doctorate in theology from Oxford University. He is the author of the prizewinning Being Protestant in Reformation Britain and The Sorcerers Tale: Faith and Fraud in Tudor England. About … Continue reading Unbelievers
Metaphysical Experiments
BOOK REVIEWMetaphysical Experiments: Physics and the Invention of the Universeby Bjørn Ekeberg 2019 About the AuthorBjørn Ekeberg has a PhD from University of Victoria, Canada, and is an independent researcher and writer living in Oslo, Norway. About the Book"In this provocative and sharply written account, Bjørn Ekeberg makes a radical case for the social construction … Continue reading Metaphysical Experiments
