Unsavory Truth

BOOK REVIEWUnsavory Truth: How Food Companies Skew the Science of What We Eatby Marion Nestle 2018 About the AuthorMarion Nestle is Paulette Goddard Professor of nutrition, food studies, and public health, emerita, at New York University, and Visiting Professor of nutritional sciences at Cornell. She has a PhD in molecular biology and an MPH in … Continue reading Unsavory Truth

At All Costs

BOOK REVIEWAt All Costs: How a Crippled Ship and Two American Merchant Marines Reversed the Tide of World War IIby Sam Moses 2006 About the AuthorsSam Moses is the author of the acclaimed race-driving memoir, "Fast Guys, Rich Guys, and Idiots," and a former senior writer for "Sports Illustrated." Michael Prichard has recorded well over … Continue reading At All Costs

The Meaning of Belief

BOOK REVIEWThe Meaning of Belief: Religion from an Atheist’s Point of Viewby Tim Crane 2017 About the AuthorTim Crane is Professor of Philosophy at Central European University, Budapest. About the Book“[A] valuable and compact contribution to the dialogue between atheists and believers. Crane writes as an atheist to an atheist audience in hopes of reducing … Continue reading The Meaning of Belief

The Big Picture

BOOK REVIEWThe Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itselfby Sean Carroll 2016 About the AuthorSEAN CARROLL is a theoretical physicist at the California Institute of Technology. He received his PhD in 1993 from Harvard University. Recently, Carroll has worked on the foundations of quantum mechanics, the arrow of time, and … Continue reading The Big Picture

COVID-19 and the Global Predators

BOOK REVIEWCOVID-19 and the Global Predators: We Are the Preyby Peter R. Breggin & Ginger Breggin 2021 About the AuthorPeter R. Breggin MD is known as “The Conscience of Psychiatry” for his many decades of successful reform work in the mental health field, but has now turned his attention to the misuse of science surrounding … Continue reading COVID-19 and the Global Predators

The Prize

BOOK REVIEWThe Prize: Who's in Charge of Americas Schoolsby Dale Russakoff 2016 About the AuthorDale Russakoff is a veteran reporter who spent twenty-eight years at the Washington Post covering presidential campaigns, education, the economy, and other breaking topics. About the BookThis New York Times bestseller chronicles how Mark Zuckerberg, Chris Christie, and Cory Booker tried—and … Continue reading The Prize

Mark – Canonizer of Paul

BOOK REVIEWMark - Canonizer of Paul: A New Look at Intertextuality in Mark’s Gospelby Tom Dykstra 2012 “For over 150 years the idea that Mark used the Pauline epistles has been recurring in New Testament research. Now in the work of Tom Dykstra, wide-ranging work and thoughtful, the truth of that idea emerges with a … Continue reading Mark – Canonizer of Paul