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The Political Mind: Why You Can't Understand 21st-Century American Politics with an 18th-Century Brain (Hardcover)
by George Lakoff
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Leftymathprof
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What Orwell Didn't Know (Paperback)
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Parecon: Life After Capitalism (Paperback)
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May 23
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May 07
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Leftymathprof
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Moral Politics : How Liberals and Conservatives Think (Paperback)
by George Lakoff
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April 23
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Cracking the Code: The Art and Science of Political Persuasion (Bk Currents)
by Thom Hartmann
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Don't Think of an Elephant: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate--The Essential Guide for Progressives (Paperback)
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April 22
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1984: Centennial Edition (Paperback)
by George Orwell
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here.
The Centennial Edition has an extra feature, a foreward by Thomas Pynchon. It has miscellaneous information about Orwell, including this interesting note: The novel ends with Winston Smith being demolished by torture, but that's only where the novel ends -- not where the book ends. The book continues with an appendix on Newspeak, but the appendix is written in past tense and in ordinary English. Orwell insisted that the appendix be included, even though the publishers wanted to omit it. Pynchon suggests -- and I think he's right -- that this was Orwell's way of ending the book on an optimistic note. Near the end of the novel, when Smith is being tortured, he says to his torturer that though he himself has failed, someday mankind will succeed in overcoming the brutal dictatorship. The appendix supports that belief.
I'm writing this review in spring 2008. Will Cheney bomb Iran, declare martial law, and postpone elections? I don't know. But even if he does, I don't think his brutal dictatorship will last forever.
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The Authoritarians (free online text)
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"A fifth of our society is crazy: they are people who do not question authority, and who attack anyone that does question authority. Bush's approval rating will never drop below 20 percent NO MATTER WHAT HE DOES. We all need to understand these peop...more
A fifth of our society is crazy: they are people who do not question authority, and who attack anyone that does question authority. Bush's approval rating will never drop below 20 percent NO MATTER WHAT HE DOES. We all need to understand these people better. Altemeyer is a brilliant psychologist who has done real experiments; I think he knows what he's talking about.
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God's Debris: A Thought Experiment (Paperback)
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"This book is sort of a religion for atheists. It doesn't have much plot. I liked it -- I agree with most of its description of the universe, though if I had been asked I wouldn't have formulated it in quite such a whimsical way. This book is avail...more
This book is sort of a religion for atheists. It doesn't have much plot. I liked it -- I agree with most of its description of the universe, though if I had been asked I wouldn't have formulated it in quite such a whimsical way. This book is available free online.
Its sequel, "The Religion War," is not free, but you can buy it online. It's got more of a plot, and I liked it a lot. The main character is a very enlightened dude; he is introduced in "God's Debris." I don't think I'll ever be as enlightened as he is, but he gives me something to aspire to.
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