Book Review of The Young Lords: A Radical History

The Young Lords: A Radical History by Johanna Fernandez My rating: 5 of 5 stars This was my second or third time to read this book and it remains as stunning as ever. Between the Young Lords and FALN, as well as many dozens of other groups, most continental Americans would be shocked to know …

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My Year In Books: 2023

Every year I write an end-of-year post about my annual Goodreads Reading Challenge and the report titled My Year in Books. It's been an annual tradition for nearly a decade and it's that time of year! Fortunately for readers of this post, I don't have the time to write a longish analysis as I typically …

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A.D. Winans’ Dead Lions: A Book Review

This book is an excellent collection of essays on four important twentieth-century poets and writers stemming from the longtime relationships AD Winans enjoyed with them. The writers are Alvah Bessie, Bob Kaufman, Jack Micheline and Charles Bukowski.It's a must-read for anyone interested in Bukowski and the Beats, the Hollywood 10 and more.

Review of Aleksandr Dugin’s Основы геополитики. Геополитическое будущее РоссииReview of Aleksandr Dugin’s

This is short and to the point, albeit imperfectly translated. Переоцененное, совершенно неоригинальное, смущающе упрощенное, невпечатляющее дерьмо! Это русская интеллигенция? Почему миру есть о чем беспокоиться о главных политико-философских курсах действий России, мне непонятно. Плоды этого мы видим в Украине прямо сейчас. Дугин - это шутка. Однако некоторые из его европейских политических философов-традиционалистов менее склонны …

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Book Review: James Loewen’s Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong

It's always been stunning to me how much American history is left OUT of our history books, though I'm not so naïve as to wonder at the reasons -- there are many and most are predictable. But when I've asked people if they knew how Hawaii became a state or why Puerto Rico is not....