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Resist Much, Obey Little
Resist Much, Obey Little: Remembering Ed Abbey© 1996 James Hepworth & Gregory McNamee254 pages To the States or any one of them, or any city of the States, Resist much, obey little,Once unquestioning obedience, once fully enslaved,Once fully enslaved, no … Continue reading
The Left, The Right, and The State
The Left, The Right, and the State © 2009 Lew Rockwell 556 pages “Society is held together not by a state but by the cooperative daily actions of its members.” Who’s up for six hundred pages of essays on politics … Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Civic Interest, Reviews
Tagged anarchism, essays, libertarianism, Politics-CivicInterest
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The Federalist Papers
“It has been frequently remarked that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country, by their conduct and example, to decide the important question, whether societies of men are really capable or not of establishing … Continue reading
Posted in history, Reviews
Tagged "classic", Early American Republic, essays, US Constitution
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Poetry Night at the Ballpark
Poetry Night at the Ballpark and Other Scenes from an Alternative America © 2015 Bill Kauffman 442 pages “Lift up your hearts, friends – America ain’t dead yet.” For thirty years, Bill Kauffman has been blowing raspberries at or haranguing … Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Civic Interest, Reviews
Tagged America, baseball, Bill Kauffman, essays, localism, politics, Politics-CivicInterest
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A Devil’s Chaplain
A Devil’s Chaplain: Reflections on Hope, Lies, Science, and Love© 2003 Richard Dawkins263 pages Charles Darwin mused that a devil’s chaplain might write quite a book on the clumsy, wasteful, blundering low, and horridly cruel works of nature. A Devil’s … Continue reading
The Journey Home
The Journey Home: Some Words in Defense of the American West© 1977 Edward Abbey242 pages The desert is no place for decent men, which is why Edward Abbey likes it so much. Born on the eastern seaboard, on a farm … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged adventure, American Southwest, American West, Arizona, Edward Abbey, environmentalism, essays, Nature, New Mexico
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The Wild Weird World of Biology
So, it turns out The Lives of a Cell has little to do with cells. I checked it out figuring to learn something about how cells work, since I’m a ways removed from fifth-grade life science, or even freshman bio. I … Continue reading