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1. | American Theocracy, a Book Review
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, ...
[Added: 19 Jun 2006 Hits: 93 Words: 899]
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2. | Boots on the Moon - Lunacy Run Amuck
Why would we spend an estimated $104 billion (that's billion with a 'B') to go back to a dead world when ours is dying? It seems no one can come up with a compelling reason for NASA to repeat the "been there- done ...
[Added: 11 May 2006 Hits: 134 Words: 968]
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3. | Book Review - Ultrametabolism: The Simple Plan for Automatic Weight Loss
"No wonder it's so hard to lose weight- our bodies are designed to keep weight on at all costs; it's a matter of survival. It's embedded in our DNA." In essence, we are designed to gain weight, expounds Mark Hyman, ...
[Added: 01 May 2006 Hits: 60 Words: 789]
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4. | Book Review for Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
Coming on strong after the success of his Pulitzer Prize-winning Guns, Germs, and Steel , Jared Diamond's new book, Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed is a tome of intriguing insight to the other side of the ...
[Added: 29 Apr 2006 Hits: 125 Words: 774]
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5. | Freakonomics, a Book Review
If the thought of a book on economics is about as exciting as watching your toenails grow, or you are under-whelmed with statistics and number crunching theory, then the bestselling book Freakonomics : A Rogue Economist ...
[Added: 25 Apr 2006 Hits: 50 Words: 847]
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6. | Book Review: The Covenant with Black America
The Covenant with Black America is the brainchild of Tavis Smiley. For the past seven years, the talk show host has had his own "State of the Black Union" symposium. Seeing that simply exchanging opinions with the nation's top black leaders ...
[Added: 08 Apr 2006 Hits: 66 Words: 786]
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7. | Book Review: Now, Discover Your Strengths
There seems to be no lack of the number of books written about personality traits, talents and how to more effectively manage personnel to the advantage of the organization. However, Marcus Buckingham, coauthor of the book ...
[Added: 16 Mar 2006 Hits: 48 Words: 757]
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8. | Skin Cancer: Coming to a Face Near You
There are over one million new cases of skin cancer diagnosed every year in the United States, representing about half of all cancers diagnosed in the country. And skin cancer on a dramatic increase. There are twice as many skin cancers in our population today ...
[Added: 04 Mar 2006 Hits: 118 Words: 744]
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9. | Nuclear Energy - The Green Solution
The United States with less than 5% of the world's population consumes roughly 25% of the world's energy. Some might argue that this is egregious, while others would say that it is simply a yardstick by which the world's largest economy is measured. But for ...
[Added: 01 Mar 2006 Hits: 133 Words: 920]
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10. | Book Review: The Bottomless Well: Why We Will Never Run Out of Energy
Do environmentalists have a monopoly on our world-view of energy consumption? What if our consumption of energy is not the problem, but rather the actual solution to the problems we face? The Bottomless Well presents ...
[Added: 23 Feb 2006 Hits: 126 Words: 636]
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