The Righteous Mind
I really can’t say enough good things about this book, it’s fantastic. An antidote to the insanity of today’s political […]
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I really can’t say enough good things about this book, it’s fantastic. An antidote to the insanity of today’s political […]
Examines the age old dispute between Plato and Aristotle on the nature of “truth”, which continues to the present day. […]
A scathing critique of American Conservatives and the birth of the Alt-Right. Core idea is that ideology is a product […]
If there’s one book that I wish I wrote, it’s this one. Despite the constant barrage of doom and disaster, […]
I have a love/hate relationship with author Niall Ferguson, who is basically the official historian for the powers that be and the way that things are. That doesn’t make him wrong, and he is an excellent writer, but you could drive a truck through his blind-spots. Still, I did learn […]
“We are going through a great crowd derangement. In public and in private, both online and off, people are behaving in ways that are increasingly irrational, feverish, herd-like and simply unpleasant. The daily news cycle is filled with the consequences. Yet while we see the symptoms everywhere, we do not […]
Is it possible for a book to be TOO logical? Prior to reading this I would have said “no,” but now I’m not so sure. A lot of long boring X = Y + Z sort of statements, mixed in with deep thought about political philosophy and morality. Nozick makes […]
I probably never would have read this book had it not been so highly recommended by various people I respect. This is NOT your usual history book. The writer makes very few comments. It is a collection, albeit a very select collection, of news stories with short time line narratives. […]
I really can’t say enough good things about this book, it’s fantastic. An antidote to the insanity of today’s political […]
Follows the friendship of Behavioral Psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky, who redefined our understanding of the way the mind […]
An enjoyable and useful read. Took some notes to remember the key points… 1. Stand Up Straight with your Shoulders […]
Is it possible to learn ‘talent?’ What is talent anyways? A thought provoking book, though I have to admit my […]
Why do people believe things about the world that are wrong? Hans Rosling proposes ten reasons in this great little […]
Bandler was the inventor of NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) as a method for changing behavior and attitudes. He is also quite […]
Are we all the same? No. We are all different but in predictable patterns. One of the oldest (and best) […]
A no-nonsense guide to getting off your ass and getting your life together.
Why do people who are not supposed to win, win anyways? They change the rules.
Why is it that the people who succeed are often not the people you’d expect to? Gladwell looks into it […]
Alternatively making the point to “trust your gut,” and also “not trust your gut,” this book is a fun and […]
This is much more than a book about comics. Its about how the human mind constructs meaning from disconnected information.
People like to make fun of Tony Robbins (me included) but this is a great book and I have re-read […]
Why people buy things and how to make them do it.
“We are going through a great crowd derangement. In public and in private, both online and off, people are behaving […]
Is it possible for a book to be TOO logical? Prior to reading this I would have said “no,” but […]
Apparently this book was a big influence on former Breitbart editor and Trump advisor Steve Bannon, so I thought I’d […]
There are very few books which have been maligned as much as this one. The title of this book can […]
Antifa are a bunch of idiots who think they are fighting ‘fascism.’ This book attempts to justify their actions with […]
A critique of the Frankfort School philosophers and their influence on the modern Left. An influence that the typical Leftist […]
I never knew much about Machiavelli, except that he was a dick. But I didn’t really know that either, that […]
Examines the age old dispute between Plato and Aristotle on the nature of “truth”, which continues to the present day. […]
A scathing critique of American Conservatives and the birth of the Alt-Right. Core idea is that ideology is a product […]
A sort-of explanation of the New Right and some of its more prominent characters. It’s interesting, but the author spends […]
If there’s one book that I wish I wrote, it’s this one. Despite the constant barrage of doom and disaster, […]
Falling birth rates and rising immigration are changing the character of Europe into something else. Something not as good.
What is the core difference between liberal and conservative? A fundamentally different vision of human nature.
The book that started my red-pill awakening. I picked it up by accident at a book store and it so […]
No one is smarter than a million other people.
Thomas Sowell should probably win a Nobel prize for identifying the core difference between thinkers on the Left and Right. […]
Leftists love snappy slogans. But these slogans are nearly always bullshit and they almost never really mean what they say.
The Fascists of the past were an inspiration to the American Left and they’ve adopted almost all of their policies […]
How the Republican Party was taken over by neoconservative lunatics hell bent on exporting American democracy whether anyone else wanted […]
A kinder, gentler approach to Libertarian ideas from a woman’s perspective. A bit too fluffy-bunny for me, but probably a […]
It was Perkins job to get foreign leaders to accept large loans that he never expected them to pay back. […]
On politics and media manipulation, John Pilger usually has something worthwhile to say, on economic matters, he’s a moron.
A socialist whines about corporations exploiting the poor, but never bothers to ask “compared to what?”
Why the good intentions of foreign aid so often fail, and what works better.
What if both ‘Left’ and ‘Right’ are wrong? What if there is a third or fourth or fifth option? This […]
I resisted picking up an Ann Coulter book for many many years. That was a mistake. She is both hilarious […]
The memoir of a political speech writer who worked his way up through Congress, the Senate, and eventually writing for […]
Sort of a handbook for dealing with “Social Justice Warriors,” the over-sensitive and always offended creatures with blue hair that […]
In this book I learned that Micheal Moore is a stupid white man.
Harris makes a strong case that religion has outlived its usefulness and should be replaced by the use of pure […]
Can morality be “proved” without resorting to religion or authority? Stefan Molyneux gives it a pretty good try. The theory […]
Thomas Paine was the Sam Harris of his day, publishing what may be the first argument for atheism more than […]
The book that launched the American Revolution still makes a lot of sense today.
I have a love/hate relationship with author Niall Ferguson, who is basically the official historian for the powers that be […]
I probably never would have read this book had it not been so highly recommended by various people I respect. […]
Way back in 1925, this book proposed both the EU and mass immigration. The author Kalergi received help from the […]
The origins of the Middle-East conflict in a nut-shell. Meddling Europeans and scheming Zionists get together to ensure mayhem for […]
What if Joseph McCarthy was right all along? What if the US government had been infiltrated by communists and communist […]
The memoirs of Reinhard Gehlen, who was the general in charge of German Intelligence on the Russian Front during World […]
Why did a few small polities in Europe come to dominate the rest of the world? Ferguson attributes this to the […]
Did you ever notice that has been the English speaking people who have defined and defended freedom around the world? […]
FDR is often listed as one of America’s best Presidents, but this book makes him out as one of the […]
This book is full of mind-blowing information by the ever-informative and fearless Thomas Sowell.
The various peoples of the world have their own cultures, when they conquer someone else, they bring their culture with […]
When he was asked in 1939 what the new war ought to be called, Winston Churchill replied, “The Unnecessary War.” […]
A book that is growing more prophetic every day. Buchanan was very early to point out that falling birth rates […]
Only one court case was ever brought to trial regarding the assassination of JFK. This is the tale of that […]
An analysis of what happened – and what didn’t happen – in Dallas in 1963.
Makes the environmental case for why Europe progressed so rapidly compared to the rest of the world in recent centuries.
A very impressive history of how the quest to build bigger and better battleships led to the beginning of WW1. […]
Banned in more than one country, this is an alternative look at events that lead up to the Russian Revolution, […]
A child in the Soviet Union accidentally breaks the nose off a Stalin statue and does whatever he can to […]
What was it like to be a German tank driver on the Russian front during WWII? Un-freaking-believable. A great book […]
How bankers created the Federal Reserve Bank for the benefit of bankers, not you. This book predicted the 2008 financial […]
A fascinating story of the men who sought to define and control money in American history. I have it on […]
Traces the connection between ancient secret societies and today. The connection is definitely there, whether or not anyone actually takes […]
The guy who founded the OSS, which eventually became the CIA, was an interesting guy.
King Bhumibol of Thailand.
The twisting tale of the throne. The sequence of British royalty and how the crown changed hands from 1066 to […]
Almost the same title as Death of the West, but a completely different premise. The authors of each book don’t […]
Told from original source materials including the diaries and meeting notes from first person accounts. A fascinating glimpse of “real” […]
After WWII a bunch of Nazis moved to America under Operation Paperclip. This is supposedly a big deal, but not […]
Thomas Sowell cuts through economic bullshit like a weed-wacker. Title sounds dry but this book is dynamite.
Cartoon version of basic economics, great for both children and adults. Highly recommended.
How bankers created the Federal Reserve Bank for the benefit of bankers, not you. This book predicted the 2008 financial […]
This book comes highly recommended by many people, as a textbook maybe, but there are better reads on the subject […]
Paul Krugman is one of the most dangerous men alive. Why? Because he is both a brilliant writer – and […]
Using economic principles to investigate cultural phenomenon can lead to curious results.
A fascinating story of the men who sought to define and control money in American history. I have it on […]
The story of the misfits who saw the 2008 financial crisis coming and set out to profit from it. Amazing […]
Lewis is a great writer, and his experiences as a new Wall Street trader are both educational and entertaining.
A new way of earning a living emerged with the advent of the Internet, this guy figured it out. You […]
Although I can’t say that I followed Kiyosaki’s advice to the letter, this book was both an inspiration and an […]
I retired sort of young and sort of rich, so I guess it’s okay.
Trump in all his Trumpiness.
An entertaining romp through the origins of many basic money functions such as lending, insurance, interest rates and so on. […]
Pretty good book, but the TV mini-series is fantastic for an overview of how economic freedom is the most effective […]
Dispels so many popular notions about big government like they are lint. Woods is a great writer and this is […]
This is a book about human genetics, but really more about human history. It’s technical enough to make it interesting, […]
Theory of the book is that the agricultural revolution not only changed mankind’s behavior, but also our genetics. Equal parts […]
This book saved my life. In the mid-90s my health was going downhill fast, and no number of doctors could […]
Has a natural cure for cancer already been found? Although this book and its finding have been widely renounced in […]
When a government official got on TV in the late 80’s to announce the discovery of “the probable cause of […]
What if psychiatric drugs like Prozac and Zoloft were no more effective than a lump of sugar? What if there […]
Catalogs numerous deceptions and dangers of genetically modified foods and how the agencies that are supposedly to protect the consumer […]
Makes a case that oil is not a ‘fossil-fuel,’ that is composed of decayed organic material, but rather it is […]
A long time ago I got in an argument with my girlfriend over evolution. During that argument I said something […]
How global warming alarmists use threats, fraud, and deception to keep you misinformed.
Everything you’re not supposed to know about the biggest ongoing scam of our time.
This book started a shit-storm when it came out. The controversy came from one chapter which revealed evidence that the […]
Dawkins argues that evolution happens through genes and memes.
A very well written and engaging tale.
Part sci-fi, part political philosophy, it’s a thought provoking book. An excerpt below: The Terror had not been just in […]
The true story of Johnny Cash’s greatest album is a sad one.
The funniest book I’ve ever read, or at least listened to since I had it on audio. It’s the story […]
More adventures with Nuclear Physicist Richard Feynman, including his inclusion on the Space Shuttle Challenger investigation.
*****One of the most brilliant minds of the 20th century was also one of the funniest. From fixing radios by […]
***The story of 80’s rock star Pat Benatar and how she went from opera to rock’n’roll with a little help […]
Just picked this by random in the bookstore, ended up reading the whole thing on the spot. Inspiring story of […]
According to almost everyone I know who ever met the guy, Steve Jobs was a jerk. But he was a […]
By Herman Hesse
An exceptionally well written book chronicling the rise of Bobby Fischer and his battle with the Russian chess monolith.
Paine was intellectually gifted but socially retarded, so he’s sort of become a role model for me. lol.
The early days of MMA as told from the perspective of Pat Miletich. The best of the bunch on this […]
It’s unusual to find a book and movie that remain true to each other, but in this case they do, […]
Amazingly engaging for such a thick book. Clavell was a great writer. The TV mini-series also amazing.
Follows some arrogant Brits as they attempt to get to the Alaska gold fields without setting foot in America. Also […]
Zappa is hilarious and a source of wisdom, but perhaps more importantly he wants you to know that he never […]
Just an amazing integration of history and fiction, covering a span of hundreds of years but always on point and […]
When I read this book I thought, “this would make a great movie.” I was wrong. The movie was horrible. […]
Truly outrageous and hilarious. Not for the queasy, but if you need an escape and a laugh, pick this one […]
I’ve read a number of Hiaason novels, all entertaining and hilarious, but this one probably best, followed closely by Strip […]
I’ve read almost everything Elmore Leonard has written, but I would suggest these as his very best: Gold Coast, Valdez […]
One of the best written Sci-Fi novels ever. They tried to make it into a movie, but forgot about that. […]
Ayn Rand was super-trendy in the early 90s in Silicon Valley, so I picked up her first novel to see […]