Anthony Judge: Exhortation to We the Peoples from the Club of Rome Review of “Come On! — Capitalism, Short-termism, Population and the Destruction of the Planet”

Exhortation to We the Peoples from the Club of Rome Review of “Come On! — Capitalism, Short-termism, Population and the Destruction of the Planet” Introduction Eliciting the Club of Rome’s collective memory? Possible relevance of contrasting styles and biases Systemic thematic analysis to facilitate integrative global comprehension? Uptake, influence and readership — self-reflective impact analysis? …

REVIEW: Caesar’s Messiah: The Roman Conspiracy to Invent Jesus UPDATE to Include Rebuttal

REVIEW: Caesar’s Messiah: The Roman Conspiracy to Invent Jesus Joseph Atwill 6 Stars –Destroys the Catholic Church in Compelling Detail In brief, this book compares Wars of the Jew written by courtiers of Caesar, and The New Testament – by this author’s account also written by courtiers of Caesar. The explicit intent was to create …

REVIEW: The Square and the Tower – Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook

Niall Ferguson 3 Stars – Half-Assed History from a Courtesan Niall Ferguson is neither Will Durant nor John Lewis Gaddis.  He is far removed from Howard Zinn. He is, in effect, an intelligent idiot, a courtesan historian. While the book’s intent may remind one of Eric S. Raymond’s classic essay on “The Cathedral or the …

Review: The Trident – The Forging and Reforging of a Navy SEAL Leader

Jason Redman with John R. Bruning, Foreword by Robert M. Gates 5 Stars Authentic, Humble, Healing, NOT Your “Normal” Leadership Story This book brought tears to my eyes by page 71.  This is not your “normal” leadership story. It blends three leadership stories from one personal experience: a personal failure of leadership stemming from the …

Review: EPIDEMIC – America’s Trade in Child Rape

Lori Handrahan, PhD 5 Stars Compelling Overview of Government-Approved Child Abuse I am a Commissioner on the treaty-mandated Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Human Trafficking and Child Sex Abuse.  I was not able to get the Commission to drop the Sex word because it is too limiting. Child abuse includes not only kidnapping and slavery …