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  1. jbg

    What book r u reading?

    I just finished reading A Magnificent Catastrophe: The Tumultuous Election of 1800, America's First Presidential CampaignbyEdward J. Larson. Obviously well-researched I felt the author was attempting to fill pages with needless detail. On the plus side, he seemed to favor John Adams, who until...
  2. jbg

    What book r u reading?

    I just got done reading Saving the Lost Tribe: The Rescue and Redemption of the Ethiopian Jews by Asher Naim. I didn't have that book on any list to read. I saw it in the library and was interested in the topic of the Falashas for a long time. While the book had perhaps some unnecessary...
  3. jbg

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    I just got finished reading Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand. All I can say is "wow." "Gripping" would be an understatement; I work full time and read it in eight days cold. I could barely put it down. The comparison between...
  4. jbg

    Israeli Duty to Warn? What unmitigated gall (chutzpah)

    We tried that in Lebanon with, I think, Security Council resolution 1701. Not very promising since the UN is anti-Jewish.
  5. jbg

    But few dare call it apartheid ...

    If the Palestinians keep fighting, what do they expect? Would the U.S., during the Civil War, have built interstate-quality highways for Confederate troops?
  6. jbg

    Massive cyberattacks strike Iran's nuclear facilities and government agencies: Is Israel behind it?

    Massive cyberattacks strike Iran's nuclear facilities and government agencies: Is Israel behind it? (embedded link) Iran's Ayatollah is sick, targeted and in hiding. Iran effectively has no where to go. Why can't it do something constructive? Make peace, and let its people emerge from misery...
  7. jbg

    Israeli Duty to Warn? What unmitigated gall (chutzpah)

    Is a massacre a starting point for negotiations?
  8. jbg

    Israeli Duty to Warn? What unmitigated gall (chutzpah)

    One can only hope.
  9. jbg

    What book r u reading?

    I just finished reading Vengeance: The True Story of an Israeli Counter-Terrorist Team by George Jonas. As usual I have my quibbles, these somewhat more profound than usual. The book, about the Israeli government and intelligence efforts to kill those responsible for the 1972 Olympic massacre...
  10. jbg

    October 7, 2024 - Meditation on One Year Anniversary of October 7 Massacre

    One year ago today, Hamas conducted an utterly brutal attack against partiers at an Israeli rock festival. What has happened, both in the West and in Israel is indescribable. Developments in Israel - Israel's initial response was demonstrably unprepared. Somehow, the major portions of the...
  11. jbg

    What book r u reading?

    I just finished re-reading The Great Gatsby (Paperback) by F. Scott Fitzgerald; in High School senior year, 1974-5 and now.Rereading classics without the pressure of a pending exam and the competitive pressure of an English honors class definitely helps enjoyment. Particular since I started...
  12. jbg

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    Excerpts: I just finished reading Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates by David Cordingly. I purchased this book on a whim from the gift shop of Fort Macon State Park in North Carolina, which I rarely do since it is a decidedly uneconomical way of...
  13. jbg

    What book r u reading?

    I just finished reading : ℎ 2020 ℎ ℎ by Julio Rosas. I picked up the recommendation to read the book from another user of Goodreads. It was a good recommend. To my mind, the book focuses on misleading reporting by the major news outlets concerning the events following George Floyd murder...
  14. jbg

    What book r u reading?

    An excerpt: This was Judah P. Benjamin's reaction to the disparagement of his birth religion. Judah P. Benjamin was a remarkable historical figure, having been a successful Louisiana lawyer, a U.S. Senator, a Confederate Attorney General, Secretary of War and eventually Secretary of State. He...
  15. jbg

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    I just finished reading (or skimming) The Rediscovery of North America (Paperback) by Barry Lopez.Very poetically and persuasively written polemic. It's bottom line; successful white explorers bad, primitive savages good. Also, horribly misleading. I like Barry Lopez, b ut this book was a...
  16. jbg

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    I just finished reading Miracle of Deliverance by Stephen Harper. I came upon this book entirely by accident. I was looking for a book by an author with the same name, a former Prime Minister of Canada. The description of the book looked intriguing and I decided to put it on the hold list at the...
  17. jbg

    What book r u reading?

    I am in the middle of reading Judah P. Benjamin by Pierce Butler. I will have to interrupt myself to read Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance, which I had on hold in the library. Suddenly, there is a huge demand. I wonder why.
  18. jbg

    What book r u reading?

    I just finished reading Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up byAbigail Shrier. It is one of the best rebuttals to junk psychology that I have read. The book tells numerous stories about how both schools and popular culture push children to focus on “feelings” to the exclusion of...
  19. jbg

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    I just finished reading Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership That Changed America (Paperback) by Les Standiford. Over the years, Carnegie has had a more beneficent image. Frick gets the moniker of being the "bad boy" who unleashed unnecessary bloodshed...
  20. jbg

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    This little vignette, from Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond has little to do with the central topic. It is one of the ingenious touches that the author employs to maintain people's focus through a very dense and scholarly work. To say the book is...
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