The Elephant in the Room: A war of ideas within Islam Backward views hold sway in much of the Muslim world. And yet there is hope. By Rick Santorum Thu, Nov. 5, 2009 The students, one man and two women, wore Western-style clothes and spoke English with little or no accent. They disputed my description …
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Phi Beta Iota: In the interest of the public’s appreciation for the current situation, below are three graphics illustrating the current political situation and issue-bias spread; followed by a list of books with one point: We the People are ready to take our country back from Wall Street and the craven Demopublicans that have sold …
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When one is brought up, professionally trained, in “systems thinking” and the importance of feedback loops, diversity, and integrity, everything else becomes pedestrian. Today we highlight two books re-inventing the wheel so as to feature an extraordinarily useful but slighting incomplete oration on “expert judgement by our much-admired colleague at NIGHTWATCH, concluding with a list …
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Stake in the Heart of National Security State September 28, 2009 James W. Douglas The premise is that JFK went against the national security establishment, notably the CIA, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the military-industrial complex, and was assassinated by deliberate plan of the CIA, with Richard Helms, David Atlee Philips, David Sanchez Morales, …
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Phenomenal Overview, Timely, the One Book to Buy If… September 12, 2009 David Gordon I read in threes and fours on any given topic, and in some ways I regret getting to this book last, but on the other hand, having read the other books below first, it makes me appreciate, and be willing to …
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Recent (New) Reviews 201910930 NEW: Steele on Books & America: Love it or Lose it! FINAL & Published Robert Steele: Book Reviews (Trump Era) Robert Steele: Book Reviews US Populist Non-Violent Revolution (Spawned Trump, Will Create Post-Trump People Not Parties 2nd American Revolution?) Older Meta Briefings: 2014 Robert Steele Answers to Richard Olivier on 21st …
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Beyond Six Stars–a Manifesto for Liberty September 5, 2009 John Taylor Gatto This book shocked me, and while I am not easily shocked, in shocking me made me realize how even my own radical outlook (as Howard Zinn notes, a radical is someone who no longer believes government is part of the solution) has come …
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