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Book Review: In A Sunburned Country by Bill Brysoon

Book Review: In A Sunburned Country by Bill Brysoon

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**** Recommend itHighly recommend if you are a Bill Bryson fan. Highly recommend if you are considering a trip to Australia. Recommend if you are interested in Australia. I have read a ...
Book Review - Andrew Jackson and the Miracle of New Orleans by Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaege,

Book Review – Andrew Jackson and the Miracle of New Orleans by Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaege,

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*** Liked itRecommend if you like historical battles.Recommend if you have no clue about the War of 1812.Recommend if you don't know much about President Andrew Jackson. I picked up this book ...
Book Review: The Burning: Massacre, Destruction, and the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 by Tim Madigan

Book Review: The Burning: Massacre, Destruction, and the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 by Tim Madigan

| | Book Reviews, Historical Context
I hate the the KKK. I know, saying that out loud is not that brave. How can anybody disagree with the notion that, according to the Equal Justice Initiative, this American domestic ...
Book Review: Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth by Reza Aslan

Book Review: Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth by Reza Aslan

| | Book Reviews, Historical Context
**** Recommend itWhen it first came out in 2013, this book took a lot of heat from religious scholars that did not agree with Reza Aslan’s point of view. I think there ...
Dan Simmons discusses his new book: "Black Hills"

Book Review: Black Hills by Dan Simmons

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I put “Black Hills” into my reading queue a while back because I actually grew up in the Black hills and thought it would be an interesting lark to read a novel ...
Book Review: "How Great Science Fiction Works,” by Gary K. Wolfe, Course Review by Rick Howard

Book Review: "How Great Science Fiction Works,” by Gary K. Wolfe, Course Review by Rick Howard

| | Book Reviews, books
I very much enjoyed Dr. Wolfe’s Great Courses lecture. I have always considered myself to be a science fiction fan, but after listening to these lectures, I learned that there are numerous ...
How the blockchain will radically transform the economy | Bettina Warburg

Cryptocurrency, Blockchain and Bitcoin: It All Seems So Mysterious

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Executive SummaryWhen Satoshi Nakamoto published his seminal paper called Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System in October 2008, he started what is arguably the first viable cryptocurrency. Bitcoins have steadily increased in ...
Does your vote count? The Electoral College explained - Christina Greer

Why I Vote

| | Rant- Not Cyber Related, voting
Executive SummaryNew Jersey and Virginia are holding state elections on 7 November. Some of my friends, family and colleagues tell me they don’t vote. They have lots of reasons. They say that ...
Reborn at Arlington: Memorial Day 2017

Reborn at Arlington: Memorial Day 2017

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1,500 US Army soldiers stood on the misty parade field at Fort Meyer waiting for the sun to rise. The leadership had scheduled another morale building yet mandated "fun run" where once ...
To Kill a Mockingbird (8/10) Movie CLIP - Your Father's Passing (1962) HD

Book Review: " Go Set a Watchman (2011) by Harper Lee," Book Reviewed by Rick Howard, 1 August 2015

Executive SummaryIn Harper Lee’s Go Set a Watchman, Jean Louise Finch as a young woman discovers that racial tensions in the south are not as black and white as she thought they ...