Reckless Endangerment — How Outsized Ambition, Greed, and Corruption Led to Economic Armageddon

Gretchen Morgenson, Joshua Rosner 5.0 out of 5 stars We need more watchdogs like Gretchen and Josh!, May 24, 2011 BySrikumar S. Rao (Commack, NY USA) – See all my reviews I have long admired Gretchen Morgenson and cheered when she was awarded a Pulitzer. Perhaps this book in conjunction with her hard-hitting NY Times …

Review (Guest): Juggernaut — Why the System Crushes the Only People Who Can Save It

5.0 out of 5 stars Extraordinary, Compelling Piece of Outside-the-box Thinking and Analysis, February 17, 2011 By Robert Donovan “Author: Blueprint for Prosperity” (California) – See all my reviews Mister Morse has done an exemplary job here. First, Juggernaut is a well thought out, level-headed, and refreshingly non-partisan look at the evolution of western political-economic …

Review: Among the Truthers — A Journey Through America’s Growing Conspiracist Underground

Jonathan Kay Shallow, Scribbler Who Ignored the Books and DVDs, May 23, 2011 I came to this page asking myself if three stars would be too hard on this author and what has proven to be a disturbing amount of garbage. The other reviews kept me at three, I was toying with two stars. When …

Review: The World Sensorium — The Social Embryology of World Federation 1946

Oliver L. Reiser A Gem–Easy to Read, A Foundation Book for World Brain and Global Game, May 22, 2011 I bought this book on a whim, sensing that despite its 1946 publication date it might be inspirational and I have been *very* glad to go through this. It was a half-century ahead of its time. …

Blackwater’s New Ethics Chief: John Ashcroft

The consortium in charge of restructuring the world’s most infamous private-security firm just added a new chief in charge of keeping the company on the straight and narrow. Yes, John Ashcroft, the former U.S. attorney general, is now an “independent director” of Xe Services, formerly known as Blackwater. Ashcroft will head Xe’s new “subcommittee on …