Book Review: The Yom Kippur War
In honor of Yom Kippur, and the 34th anniversary of the beginning of the Yom Kippur War, I think it’s appropriate to review Abraham Rabinovich’s The Yom Kippur War. Rabinovich is a journalist and US...
View ArticleBook Review: God’s Harvard
A couple of weeks ago, Slate held a dialogue about Hanna Rosin’s new book God’s Harvard. The book is about Patrick Henry College, a small evangelical college of recent vintage in northern Virginia....
View ArticleRotten Island
Four years ago today, New Yorker cartoonist William Steig — one of the greatest American illustrators and children’s book authors — passed away at the age of 95. Most famous today as the creator of...
View ArticleOut of Sight Reading Group I – Introduction
Clara Lemlich. (International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union Archives, Kheel Center Collection, Cornell University.) Hello and welcome to the 1st OS virtual online reading group thing. Today we’ll...
View ArticleOut of Sight Reading Group – Jan. 26
Why are you wasting time trying to keep painful and dangerous New Year’s resolutions such as “Get up at Unholy o’clock and jog,” when you should be keeping your resolution to read Out of Sight and...
View ArticleOut of Sight reading group – Chapters 1 & 2
Today is the second Out of Sight virtual reading group. Today we’re focused on Chapter 1 – Standing up to Corporate Domination: A Brief History and Chapter 2 – Workplace Catastrophes. Loomis is...
View ArticleOut of Sight virtual reading group – April 13
WNEP – 1/21/15, aftermath of truck crash on I-81, near Moosic, PA The next virtual reading group type thing will take place Weds., April 13, 2 p.m. ET. Chapters 3 – Outsourcing Pollution and 4 –...
View ArticleVirtual Book Group Reminder – Out of Sight
Wednesday (4/13) is the next virtual book group for Out of Sight. You’ll be able to ask Loomis about chapters 3 – Outsourcing Pollution and 4 – Concealed Food, Broken Workers. And maybe he can give us...
View ArticleToday’s Out of Sight Reading Group – Chapters 3 & 4 (Update)
Rachel Carson Loomis is around to take your questions and respond to comments on chapters 3 – Outsourcing Pollution and 4 – Hidden Food, Broken Workers. (Update) Could you talk a little about the rift...
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