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.
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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 On Secret Service
On Secret Service is about spying during the Civil war. I read it because I have enjoyed many of Jake’s books, I like history, and I’m interested in the Civil War. Still, I didn’t like On Secret Service as much as I have liked other books by Jakes.
Reviewing Stephen King’s The Stand
In the middle of the pandemic, I decided to read Stephen King’s book about a pandemic. Sadly, the book didn’t entertain me as much as I would have liked.
Reviewing Eugen V. Debs Speaks
Eugene Debs is the most famous American socialist. He ran for president several times around the beginning of the 20th century as a socialist. Around 1912, the Socialist Party had hundreds-of-thousands of members nationwide. Several mayors were elected under the Socialist Party banner and Debs got hundreds-of-thousands of votes during his runs for the presidency.… Continue reading Reviewing Eugen V. Debs Speaks
Reviewing Vector
Robin Cook’s Vector is in the Jack Stapleton Lauri Montgomery series. Like all the books in the series I have read, Vector was educational and entertaining. Yuri Davydof was a technician in the Soviet Union’s bioterrorism program. After time spent in prison, he made his way to the United States. Driving a cab, married to… Continue reading Reviewing Vector
Reviewing Matt Stoller’s Goliath
Matt Stoller’s Goliath is one of the most important political books I have ever read. For those wanting to learn more about the closeness between the Democratic and Republican parties on corporate power, Goliath is a must.