Anónimo

I knew little, I enjoyed the journey

Revisado: 03-13-24

Having known very little about John D. Rockefeller, I decided to read this book to learn a little more about both the man and the time. Most interesting. Lots of historical tidbits, an interesting journey of one man’s life. Definitely worth the time.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

Never trust the government

Revisado: 11-12-22

A fascinating review of Watergate, and the power-hungry Nixon haters that mounted a successful coup of the presidency. Perhaps now, 50 years after the fact, the truth will begin to be known.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

Never trust the government

Revisado: 10-10-22

The book does a great job reminding me of one of my oldest philosophies: never trust the government. They build a convincing case that our government build its space program, and perhaps even the final days of the Manhattan project, using Nazi war criminals. Then there had an even bigger war covering up the story.

I could have done without the constant weaving of the author’s psyche into the story, but I learned to ignore it. I’m not sure why the main author felt the need to always let us know what he or his family was doing as he wrote the account that is so shocking. Did I really need to know his wife was making gluten-free bread? I think the book would have been improved without this “personal touch.”

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

Great history and futurecast

Revisado: 09-19-22

I knew nothing about the subject, but enjoyed the book. I learned a lot. I think that both the beginner and the advanced would enjoy the information in this book.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

A blog of the post civil war era

Revisado: 07-17-22

If this book was a podcast, it might be good. As a book, it is simply too many introductions to interesting people, never going deep enough to get the listener involved.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

Fascinating material

Revisado: 05-22-22

This gives an interesting look at drugs in WWII, especially for Hitler personally. It causes one to think of the desperate measures that governments will go to get their people to obey and carry out their bidding. It's relevant history for all time. Our society has become convinced that if we don't take the next FDA approved and CDC recommended dose of XYZ, then we are sure to find an early spot in the grave. Why do we allow our babies to receive multiple injections of ??? within hours of birth? Why do we let the pharmaceutical companies be the tail that wags the dog? Why do we trust the government? Read this book, and beware.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

Misreading Scripture With Woke Eyes

Revisado: 05-22-22

"Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes." It looks to me like the authors are "misreading scripture with woke eyes." It's mostly standard "evangelical garbage" as far as I'm concerned. Why would any author today say that Jesus lived in "Palestine?". It's politically charged anachronism (in a book about reading culture into the Scripture they inject in with a hugely politically charged needle). As academics, they are either painfully stupid or simply showing their true colors. My guess is they are not stupid. Chapter after chapter was a case study in how academia can take away the meaning of words in order to get the Scripture to support their woke worldview. The book has a few cute cultural anecdotes that are fun for sociology students, but fails in doing anything other than promoting the continued misreading of Scripture.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

esto le resultó útil a 2 personas

Interesting, but an anti-capitalist propaganda piece

Revisado: 04-02-22

There is some interesting history in this book. But like so much academia today, it is mostly a thinly veiled rant against capitalism and Western Civilization. From this book, you would come to the conclusion that all 1920 capitalists were bad, and all moralists were evil. But Margaret Sanger, she’s just a gift from the non-existent gods, praise be to her name.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

Lots of information.

Revisado: 03-25-22

This book is filled with subject matter of which I knew very little. I found lots of information that was very intriguing. Sometimes it seem to get lost in the weeds in a bit, with tremendous detail that made it difficult to follow. But it is hard to fault the author for being more detailed than my education on the subject matter could take. But, I listened to the entire thing, and found it insightful on many occasions.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

esto le resultó útil a 1 persona

An Anti-Republican rant in the form of history.

Revisado: 01-22-22

The author’s clear political bias comes through within the first few minutes. Why would I want to listen to history by someone who doesn’t just want to deliver history, but wants to preach progressivism? It is a perfect illustration of why higher education is almost utterly worthless today.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña