Before Atlantis

BOOK REVIEWBefore Atlantis: New Evidence of a Previous Technological Civilization by Mark J. Carlotto 2020 About the AuthorMark Carlotto is an aerospace engineer with over thirty years of experience in satellite imaging, remote sensing, signal and image processing, pattern recognition, and app development. He received a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University in 1981 … Continue reading Before Atlantis

The Destiny of Civilization

BOOK REVIEWThe Destiny of Civilization: Finance Capitalism, Industrial Capitalism or Socialism by Michael Hudson 2022 About the AuthorMichael Hudson (born March 14, 1939) is an American economist, Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri–Kansas City and a researcher at the Levy Economics Institute at Bard College, former Wall Street analyst, political consultant, commentator and … Continue reading The Destiny of Civilization

A Sacred Oath

BOOK REVIEWA Sacred Oath: Memoirs of a Secretary of Defense During Extraordinary Times by Mark T. Esper 2022 About the AuthorMark T. Esper served as secretary of defense from 2019 to 2020 and as secretary of the Army from 2017 to 2019. A distinguished graduate of West Point, he spent twenty-one years in uniform, including … Continue reading A Sacred Oath

A History of Scientific Journals

BOOK REVIEWA History of Scientific Journals: Publishing at the Royal Society, 1665-2015 by Aileen Fyfe, Noah Moxham etc 2022 About the AuthorsAileen Fyfe is professor of modern history at the University of St Andrews. Noah Moxham was a postdoctoral research fellow at University of Kent’s Centre for the History of Sciences. Julie McDougall-Waters was a … Continue reading A History of Scientific Journals

Belief and Cult

BOOK REVIEW Belief and Cult: Rethinking Roman Religion by Jacob L. Mackey 2022 About the AuthorJacob L. Mackey is assistant professor of classics at Occidental College. About the BookA groundbreaking reinterpretation that draws on cognitive theory to show that belief wasn’t absent from―but rather was at the heart of―Roman religion Belief and Cult argues that … Continue reading Belief and Cult

For Small Creatures Such as We

BOOK REVIEWFor Small Creatures Such as We: Rituals for Finding Meaning in Our Unlikely World by Sasha Sagan 2019 About the AuthorSasha Sagan holds a degree in Dramatic Literature from NYU. She has worked as a television producer, filmmaker, editor, and speaker in New York, Boston and London, and her writing has appeared in New … Continue reading For Small Creatures Such as We

A Century of Repression

BOOK REVIEWA Century of Repression: The Espionage Act and Freedom of the Press by Ralph Engelman & Carey Shenkman 2022 About the AuthorRalph Engelman is senior professor of journalism and communication studies at Long Island University, Brooklyn, and faculty coordinator of the George Polk Awards. He is the author of Friendlyvision: Fred Friendly and the … Continue reading A Century of Repression