Shades of Glory: The Story of the Negro Leagues and African-American Baseball, by Lawrence D. Hogan is exactly what its title promises. If you want to learn a lot about the history of black people playing baseball in America, Shades of Glory is for you.
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Reviewing the Soul of Baseball
Joe Posananski’s The Soul of Baseball: a Road Trip Through Buck O’Neil’s America struck many cords with me.
Reviewing Crisis
Crisis is another in Robin Cook’s Jack Stapleton Laurie Montgomery series. Like the others I have read, I enjoyed Crisis. But there are a couple of things about the series starting to bother me.
Voting Blue is a Waste of Time
The verdict for this episode is: the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder shows why voting blue is a waste of time. In this episode, I show how the response to George Floyd’s murder by Democratic politicians demonstrates why voting blue is a waste of time. https://media.blubrry.com/jonathansimeonepodcast/content.blubrry.com/jonathansimeonepodcast/Voting_Blue.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 11:12 —… Continue reading Voting Blue is a Waste of Time
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Karen Controls Politics
The verdict for this episode is: the political parties only care about Karen. In this episode, I use Biden’s recent comments about black voters and the House bill to show how the Democratic Party only cares about Karen. https://media.blubrry.com/jonathansimeonepodcast/content.blubrry.com/jonathansimeonepodcast/Karen.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 11:49 — 5.4MB) | Embedsubscribe to my podcast Apple… Continue reading Karen Controls Politics
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Reviewing The Shock Doctrine
Naomi Klein’s The Shock Doctrine is one of the most important books I have read about the intensional cruelty of capitalism and America’s leading role in destroying the world in the name of corporate profits.
Reviewing Little Fires Everywhere
This review covers the book Little Fires Everywhere, not the television show based on the book.
Reviewing Crip Camp
Crip Camp is about a group of activists with disabilities who met as teenagers at a summer camp in New York State and took over a federal building when the Carter administration wasn’t agreeing to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.
Reviewing Diamond Mind Baseball
I have written before about missing baseball during coronavirus. To partially quench my thirst, I have been playing and enjoying Diamond Mind Baseball.
Reviewing Tiger King
Yup, I watched Tiger King. It was real trashy entertainment. I rarely binge watch. Tiger King won’t change that. I began the show believing zoos should be outlawed. Obviously, nothing in the show changed my mind. Zoos are cruel places that prevent animals from living anything that approximates their natural lives. There is simply no… Continue reading Reviewing Tiger King