Honesty may be the best policy for going through life, but certainly not the easiest way to pass a US Border Patrol checkpoint when you are with your wife who happens to be in this country on an expired visa from Holland. So began the spiraling complexity of circumstances stemming from the arrest, detention and [ Read More ]
The Heather Blazing by Colm Toibin is a deeply emotional, deeply moving book. It’s the story of Eamon Redmond, a complex man, grown on tender roots, influential friends, a keen intellect and a tangible distance between himself and those whom he loves. The book is set in three parts, each of which dips in and [ Read More ]
Readers beware – this book comes with a warning, “This book is dangerous to the emotional and intellectual health of Bush supporters.” And that is where the story starts, stays and ends. “Don Rumsfeld & Dick Cheney in Hell” is a very well-written, laugh-out-loud satirical look at the Bush Administration. The story starts with Don [ Read More ]
I like “different.” Different can be a really great thing when you are reading fiction day after day. So, I thoroughly enjoyed William Lashner’s latest very different novel, Blood and Bone! First, the main character was different. He was funny, sensitive, and in many ways utterly charming. Yet, he drank most nights, couldn’t hold jobs [ Read More ]
F. J. Colberg is a professional counselor and educator. Mr. Colberg is married, has three grown children, and lives in Puerto Rico. He has written “Multitudes at the Crossroads” as a result of his deep involvement with church ministry. Nostradamus step aside, F.J. Colberg has arrived. Powerful and believable is the way to describe “Multitudes [ Read More ]
The book is part of the American History in Depth series. The author is John Dumbrell and the general editor of the series is A. J. Badger. The book is published in Hong Kong, 1997, by McMillan Publications. It is in paperback (ISBN: 0-333-61094-6), and it is also available in hardcover (ISBN: 0-333-61093-8); with papers [ Read More ]
“This book is…written in the belief that if a man’s faith is sincere, it is the most important things about him, and…it is impossible to understand who he is and how he will lead without first understanding the religious vision that informs his life…” -Stephen Mansfield I think reading The Faith of Barack Obama by [ Read More ]
A Political Thriller with a Christian Message Retired Millionaire Silas Jackson and several of his associates are deeply disturbed about the lack of moral leadership in a politically corrupt world. They perceive our nation as divided with a congress deadlocked in the midst of ethical chaos headed for major spiritual warfare. Silas and his colleagues [ Read More ]
In his two most recent books, American Dynasty and Wealth and Democracy, Kevin Phillips has perhaps rightly earned the prestigious moniker of America’s premier analyst and critic. Now, in his new release, a doom and gloom tome some 480 pages long, Kevin Phillips assails three overlapping, growing, forces that threaten to rain on the parade [ Read More ]
Why are you so afraid of one-in-a-million events like shark attacks, child abductions or dying in a plane crash? Why are you so willing to believe elaborate scenarios about possible future climatic events from the same people who can’t even accurately predict tomorrow’s weather? Have you ever stopped to realize that so many of the [ Read More ]
