UUJECby Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, 2023 A Review The authors of this book, who are in favor of a multiracial (probably a multicultural) democracy, show us how… Continue Reading The Tyranny of the Minority
by Isabel Wilkerson, 2020 Caste Book Review Written as a Sermon Caste is the title of a book written by Isabel Wilkerson and published in April 2020. I… Continue Reading Caste, The Origins of Our Discontents
Columbus Day is a U.S. holiday that commemorates the landing of Christopher Columbus in the Americas in 1492, and Columbus Day 2020 will be tomorrow. After being unofficially… Continue Reading Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2020
A History of the United States by Jill Lepore, 2018 The “these truths” in this book’s title refer to the truths enumerated in our Declaration of Independence. Lepore… Continue Reading These Truths
In 2010, the top 20% of the private wealth holders in our nation owned 89% of the nation’s private wealth, while the remaining 80% of the people owned… Continue Reading Our Escalating Inequality