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My latest read – Where Men Win Glory – The Odyssey of Pat Tillman

November 20th, 2009

I have a cousin on his third tour of Afghanistan and an old friend from school serving in Iraq’s Green Zone. This book is an honest look at a military tragedy and hits home for all who have loved ones serving our country overseas. Jon Krakauer has written a sobering, powerful book Where Men Win [...]

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My latest read – The Commission

November 16th, 2009

Want to get your blood boiling — in less than a chapter? The Commission: What we didn’t know about 9/11 is guaranteed to get your heart racing, stomach knotted, fists pounding and indeed blood boiling. That’s a lot to open with but come back up-to-speed with events surrounding 9/11 and learn about the backdoor dirty [...]

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My latest read – The Way of the World

November 7th, 2009

Ron Suskind has written a revealing novel about the Bush Administration’s attitude towards terrorism and American politics in The Way of the World: A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism. Suskind won the Pulitzer for A Hope in the Unseen and sets a pretty level playing field for the Bush Administration’s [...]

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My latest read – The Assault on Reason

August 13th, 2009

Must admit the timing at first seemed strange. I was reading Al Gore’s book The Assault on Reason when Michael Jackson died. Gore has written a book about what has gone wrong in our country. Yet I was able to watch it simply unfold right in front of me. The non-stop media coverage of Jackson’s [...]

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