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reviewed Terra Nova: The New World After Oil, .... Sunday
posted in Green Living
Terra Nova: The New World After Oil, Cars, and Suburbs
"The presumption is that there is always more to be had. More oil, more land, more air, more water, more soil, more nature, so that it doesn't matter how much you consume or appropriate, there …
reviewed The End of Big: How The Internet Make.... June 09
The End of Big: How The Internet Makes David the New Goliath
"Every day I find more and more evidence that we are in the twilight of our own age, and that we can't quite grasp it, even if we sense something is terribly amiss. This transformation transcends any …
reviewed George Benson: Inspiration: A Tribute.... June 05
posted in Music Matters
George Benson: Inspiration: A Tribute to Nat King Cole
Several weeks ago while perusing Amazon's "Upcoming CD Releases" I learned of an exciting new album from the ten-time Grammy Award-winning artist George Benson. Although I am not much of a jazz buff I …
reviewed Pledge Multi-Surface Wipes, 25 Count .... May 29
Pledge Multi-Surface Wipes, 25 Count (Pack of 4)
Every so often a new product comes along that causes me to mumble to myself "Gee, I wish I had thought of that". Such is the case with a terrific new product from the S.C. Johnson Company. I was introduced …
reviewed The End Is Near and It's Going To Be .... May 29
The End Is Near and It's Going To Be Awesome: How Going Broke Will Leave America Richer, Happier and More Secure
The contrast could not be clearer. While the goods and services offered to the average American by the private sector get better, cheaper and more widely available our federal, state and local governments …
reviewed Bad Samaritans: The ACLU's Relentless.... May 28
posted in Public Policy
Bad Samaritans: The ACLU's Relentless Campaign To Remove Faith From the Public Square
"Under the guise of protecting First Amendment freedom of religious rights, the ACLU has conducted a decades-long War on God, with the goal of erasing every trace of the Judeo-Christian religion from …
reviewed The Food Police: A Well-Fed Manifesto.... May 07
posted in Public Policy
The Food Police: A Well-Fed Manifesto About the Politics of Your Plate
"If we are to discuss the morality of food, foremost in our minds must be the ability of people (especially the poor) to eat. Whatever else the modern food elite may say--their push for soda and …
reviewed The Beach Boys: That's Why God Made T.... May 06
posted in Music Matters
The Beach Boys: That's Why God Made The Radio
Who'd a thunk it? After years of infighting the remaining founding members of The Beach Boys, namely Brian Wilson, Mike Love and Al Jardine along with Bruce Johnston and David Marks have embarked on a …
reviewed Ringer 3050 Compost Plus (2 lb. box). May 03
Ringer 3050 Compost Plus (2 lb. box)
I have had a compost pile in my yard for years and the results have been mixed at best. I never bothered to "help it along" with a product like "Ringer 3050 Compost Plus". Recently, an opportunity came …
reviewed The Summer of Beer and Whiskey: How B.... April 27
posted in Just Baseball
The Summer of Beer and Whiskey: How Brewers, Barkeeps, Rowdies, Immigrants, and a Wild Pennant Fight Made Baseball America's Game
"But in all eight of its markets, the Association was transforming the public's perception of baseball itself, turning it from a fading game stained by corruption into a lively, affordable, …
reviewed Matlock: The First Season. April 25
Matlock: The First Season
When "Matlock" arrived on the scene back in 1987 I was a demographic anomaly. I was in my mid 30's at the time and I counted "Murder, She Wrote" and "Matlock" as among …
reviewed College (Un)bound: The Future of High.... April 24
College (Un)bound: The Future of Higher Education and What It Means For Students
"More than ever, American colleges and universities seem to be in every business but education. They are in the entertainment business, the housing business, the restaurant business, the recreation business, …
reviewed Letters to a Young Progressive: How t.... April 17
Letters to a Young Progressive: How to Avoid Wasting Your Life Protesting Things You Don't Understand
Mike S. Adams has been there. In his own words the author "was once one of those bright kids, lost for seventeen angry years because of professors who lured me into their reasonless angst. It almost killed …
reviewed Pope Francis. April 13
Pope Francis
"When I take part in the conclave, I will look for the one who--irrespective of where he comes from--is very holy, very intelligent, and has really a world vision, a breadth of vision, a person of compassion, …
reviewed Worshipping the State: How Liberalism.... April 11
Worshipping the State: How Liberalism Became Our State Religion
"Secular liberalism is a kind of inverse image, like a photo negative, of the religion it has so energetically worked to displace for the past several centuries. It is a kind of anti-Christian religion …
reviewed Those Angry Days: Roosevelt, Lindberg.... April 01
Those Angry Days: Roosevelt, Lindbergh, and America's Fight Over World War II, 1939-1941
When Adolf Hitler made the fateful decision to invade Poland on September 1, 1939 most Americans were bound and determined to stay out of another conflict on the European continent. Just two decades earlier …
reviewed Reagan: What Was He Really Like? Volu.... March 23
Reagan: What Was He Really Like? Volume II
During the eight years of his Presidency Ronald Reagan was portrayed by the media in this country as a grandfatherly old codger who was lazy, disengaged and frankly not very bright. Reporters and commentators …
reviewed Boz Scaggs: Memphis. March 23
posted in Music Matters
Boz Scaggs: Memphis
As just about anyone over the age of 50 well knows it extremely difficult to find any new music to get excited about these days. I scan the "new releases" on amazon.com each week in the hopes …
reviewed Mayer Hawthorne: How Do You Do. March 21
posted in Music Matters
Mayer Hawthorne: How Do You Do
Several weeks ago while channel surfing I came across a most extraordinary musical talent performing on the PBS series "Live From The Artists Den". The artist was Mayer Hawthorne and the tune that caught …
reviewed Aaron Neville: My True Story. March 21
Aaron Neville: My True Story
To put it rather bluntly Aaron Neville has never been one of my favorite recording artists. As far as I was concerned a little bit of Aaron Neville went a long way. While I always enjoyed his great 1966 …
reviewed Intellectuals and Race. March 18
Intellectuals and Race
"There is no subject that is more in need of dispassionate analysis, careful factual research and a fearless and honest discussion than is race." -- p 3    It is a book that is long …
reviewed Fabricated: The New World of 3D Printing. March 16
Fabricated: The New World of 3D Printing
For several years now I have been reviewing nonfiction books on lunch.com.  My reading covers a wide array of subject matter including history and politics, biographies, disasters, economics and …
reviewed Opportunity, Montana: Big Copper, Bad.... March 15
Opportunity, Montana: Big Copper, Bad Water and the Burial of an American Landscape
"I remember Rick Bass in Missoula, talking about this Montana, the one that most people never see. "The poison hasn't gone away," he'd said. "It's simply redistributed. We need new stories to tell this …
reviewed Too Much Magic: Wishful Thinking, Tec.... March 09
Too Much Magic: Wishful Thinking, Technology, and the Fate of the Nation
"From here on there will be no more growth defined as increased wealth from industrial production, only contraction. There is no credible model of a postindustrial economy that would permit our accustomed …
reviewed Pledge Multi-Surface Wipes, Box Of 25. March 09
Pledge Multi-Surface Wipes, Box Of 25
Every so often a new product comes along that causes me to mumble to myself "Gee, I wish I had thought of that". Such is the case with a terrific new product from the S.C. Johnson Company. I was introduced …
reviewed Sidetracked: Why Our Decisions Get De.... March 05
Sidetracked: Why Our Decisions Get Derailed, and How We Can Stick to the Plan
All too often we human beings are under the impression that we "have it all together" and are immune from forces that surreptitiously influence our choice of friends, our approach to the work that we …
reviewed Obama's Four Horsemen: The Disasters .... March 01
Obama's Four Horsemen: The Disasters Unleashed by Obama's Reelection
"Big government makes us poorer; it does so by making us less moral. It undermines our work ethic; it rewards irresponsibility (through everything from mortgage bailouts to subsidized contraception); …
reviewed Fabricated: The New World of 3D Printing. February 20
Fabricated: The New World of 3D Printing
"A 3D printer can be small enough to fit into a tote bag or the size of a small mini-van. Printers can range in cost from a few hundred dollars to half a million dollars. Their unifying trait is that …
reviewed Occupy Oakland: The Little Revolution.... February 17
posted in Cafe Libri: Reviewing Books & More
Occupy Oakland: The Little Revolution That Couldn't
"I am frankly pretty disgusted with the complete lack of respect. You don't know how to follow your own principles. You are hypocrites when it comes to free speech. The only people you think …
reviewed Cuisinart TOB-40 Custom Classic Toast.... February 15
Cuisinart TOB-40 Custom Classic Toaster Oven Broiler
A few weeks ago my wife and I decided that the time had come to replace our 10 year old DeLonghi toaster oven. We checked our local newspaper for sales and looked for guidance from Amazon reviewers. Since …
reviewed Spin Masters: How The Media Ignored T.... February 15
Spin Masters: How The Media Ignored The Real News and Helped Reelect Barack Obama
That is the inescapable conclusion most fair-minded readers will come to after reading David Freddoso's compelling new book "Spin Masters: How the Media Ignored the Real News and Helped Reelect Barack …
reviewed Francona: The Red Sox Years. February 07
posted in Just Baseball
Francona: The Red Sox Years
Although I am a voracious consumer of non-fiction I seldom traverse into the world of sports. If I read 50 books a year chances are less than a handful would be concerned with sports. There are simply …
reviewed Detroit: An American Autopsy. February 04
Detroit: An American Autopsy
"Studying the city through the windshield now, it wasn't frightening anymore. It was empty and forlorn and pathetic. On some block not a single home was occupied, the structures having fallen victim to …
reviewed Emmy Rossum: Sentimental Journey. February 01
posted in Music Matters
Emmy Rossum: Sentimental Journey
Several weeks ago while previewing the upcoming new CD releases on Amazon I spotted an album that really intrigued me. It was Emmy Rossum's "Sentimental Journey". The concept behind this …
reviewed Antarctica: An Intimate Portrait of A.... January 30
posted in Community Founders on Lunch
Antarctica: An Intimate Portrait of A Mysterious Continent
It is not very often that a photograph on a dust jacket entices me to read a book.  In fact I can only recall a handful of times in my life that this has happened.  The other day I was perusing …
reviewed The Seventeen Solutions: Bold Ideas f.... January 25
The Seventeen Solutions: Bold Ideas for Our American Future
"Our country has far more problems than we deserve...and far more solutions than we apply." -- Ralph Nader    Although I tend to disagree with him on some key issues I have always …
reviewed The Pointblank Directive: Three Gener.... January 25
The Pointblank Directive: Three Generals and the Untold Story of the Daring Plan That Saved D-Day
While perusing the Amazon website the other day quite by accident I happened upon a brand new book chronicling the planning and execution of the D-Day invasion. Although I am a huge history buff books …
reviewed Unlearning Liberty: Campus Censorship.... January 25
Unlearning Liberty: Campus Censorship and the End of American Debate
"If colleges followed through on their rhetoric that people with radically different points of view should get to know each other, they might create greater awareness that ideological, philosophical, …
reviewed Bullies: How The Left's Culture of Fe.... January 13
posted in Politics Your Way
Bullies: How The Left's Culture of Fear and Intimidation Silences America
"When we talk about political bullying, we're talking about the bullying of private citizens by government actors, media heavies, Hollywood, and organizational allies outside of government. THAT …
reviewed The Great Pearl Heist: London's Great.... January 10
The Great Pearl Heist: London's Greatest Thief and Scotland Yard's Hunt for the World's Most Valuable Necklace
"Grizzard had any number of methods from which to choose for the heist. With his decades of experience, he had worked both as a burglar and receiver. Broker and dealer. Jeweler and thief. He and his gang …
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