Friday
May042012
Raising the Novel: The Lazarus Project by Aleksandar Hemon
Entries in America (6)
Sunday
Mar062011
How to Read the Air by Dinaw Mengestu
How to Read the Air by Dinaw Mengestu is a skillfully written book that is like eating candy for an avid reader.
Tuesday
Oct192010
Excerpt Part 1 from Jim Bednarski's "The Free Market Manifesto: How “We The People” Can Fix The Economy And Restore America’s Economic Dominance"
The sad historic truth is that almost all great empires died because they crumbled from within as a result of the same sort of waste and corruption we find in America today.
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America, Economy, Franklin, Iroquois, Politics, corruption, empires, middle class
America, Economy, Franklin, Iroquois, Politics, corruption, empires, middle class Tuesday
Oct052010
A Glance at Jim Bednarski's New Book, The Free Market Manifesto: How “We the People” can Fix the Economy and Restore America's Economic Dominance
The American Republic is at risk. Any serious student of history can see the parallels between America in the 21st Century and other western empires including Persia, Egypt, Greece, Rome, Britain, as they reached the end of their period of dominance. I believe it is time to end this cycle.
tagged America, Economy, Free Market, Government, Politics, education, finance, health care
America, Economy, Free Market, Government, Politics, education, finance, health care Saturday
Aug142010
The Dropout’s Review of Dos Passos’ The 42nd Parallel
Part one of John Dos Passos USA Trilogy, The 42nd Parallel, offers the modern reader a caustic and human journey into the struggle of the American working class, as it was in early part of the 20th century, and remarkably, today as well.
Friday
Aug142009
Creating a New History (Class)
Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey are rich in Native American history. Though this is seldom visible or known, the language and words of the tribes that inhabited this part of America are omnipresent on our maps and road signs. The idea of myself being a descendent of usurpers or conquistadors has never occurred to me until reading James W. Loewen’s Lies My Teacher Told Me. The author examines a series of textbooks to demonstrate that curricula of the high school classroom are different than the agenda of a historian looking for truth and connections. He examines many social problems and historical issues that high school textbooks avoid or gloss over to paint a portrait of America that students can be proud to support.
