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Book Review: Cults, Conspiracies, & Secret Societies by Arthur Goldwag
I was at a friend’s house recently, hanging out with a few other people from my generation, when I spotted a set of World Book Encyclopedia on their shelves. The sight of those faux gold-and-leather bound books filled me with nostalgia and a powerful sadness. Sadness because I realized, in a flash, that the children… Continue reading
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Book Review: Nurture Shock
I used to say really important books come around at the rate of one per year. The rest of the year could be spent searching for the wildly engaging, the madly entertaining, the eye-opening, the original, but once you found that “important” book, you might as well not search for another until the old calendar… Continue reading
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Book Review: Columbine
Ten years have passed since the tragic event that has become synonymous with school shootings. Columbine was once a word that simply denoted a high school, a football team or a state flower. But now the word is tainted. Despite the fact that we have moved on to newer tragedies with higher body-counts, the stain… Continue reading
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Book Review: The Graveyard Book
Growing up, I spent 10 days of my every summer at a religious revival we call “Camp Meeting”. One of my ancestors helped found the place, a large square of wooden shacks that we call “tents” create a massive commons with an open-air arbor in the center. I spent time in my crib there, and… Continue reading
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Book Review: Terminal Freeze
I just finished Lincoln Child’s latest solo novel, Terminal Freeze, and had quite a bit of fun with it. The book demonstrates why cliches stick around and continue to work on us, as this book is chock-full of them, and yet it all works in providing a very entertaining read. The action is so vivid… Continue reading