White the author herself admits she is on the more liberal sides of thing,s she recognizes how media like the New York times (which is her primary tarWhite the author herself admits she is on the more liberal sides of thing,s she recognizes how media like the New York times (which is her primary target through most of the book) have a major bias against the common people. The media has moved to the left, and their focus has shifted to "intersectionality". They blame white people simply for being white and this had driven off the working class white voters. The author claims this is why Republicans have become the party of the working class, because they were abandoned by the Democrats. She claims race as the divider masks the true divider. Liberal media says white people are guilty just for being white. The media is more educated from elite colleges than ever before, where once journalism was not an elitist profession. She does a good job of identifying a lot of the issue with today's media, and how print media giving way to digital media has also been problematic. A large part of her focus is economic inequality, but that racial inequality has been a distraction. If someone points out the plight of poor whites, or that police brutality effects more than just black people, they are labeled racist. She does say how the idea that the poor need to be taken care of by government social programs is dehumanizing, as it strips them of self sufficiency. She describes the appeal of Trump and why he won more votes from demographics that typically voted Democrat in the past. She claims that a lot of the media has anti-semetic tendencies and this goes way back, even tough many in the media are themselves Jewish. She gives some good advise on how to engage with those you disagree with. I may disagree with some of her issues, but she presents it in about as objective a manner as you can, acknowledging her own built in biases....more
I Listened to the audio-book that I got on CD from the author himself. It starts with the historic background, references many historic events and peoI Listened to the audio-book that I got on CD from the author himself. It starts with the historic background, references many historic events and people. It says it is based on letters from ancestors of the author. It follows a Union soldier named George Thomas Patten. His father fears he will die if he enlists and he has a wife and young son. Mentions George Armstrong Custer as Patten is part of his commander at one point. "His wife Lydia dyes from tuberculosis (as he learns from a letter from his mother). The writing in his letters deteriorates as he deals with the emotional toll of this news. Historic songs are interspersed in the audio (such as "Willie has Gone to War") George's Cousin is his inferior. Sam Hamilton is there (one of the author's other ancestors), he is 37 which is old compared to the others. Converge on Gettysburg. Some of the conversation trying to explain historic context seems forced for the characters. It gets into bloody details about battle of Gettysburg on July 2. George's 61 year old uncle,who is also named Thomas Charles Patten is mentioned to be there out of nowhere, it is claimed he is the oldest infantryman at the time. There is some shuffling around of leadership among the Generals. There are some things mentioned from the Confederate side. The book ends with a epilogue that describes what happened to all the named historic characters. It was claimed at the begging of the book that it is unique in the way it integrates historic research with a novel format. This however leaves the story disjointed at times, as the historic context does not always allow the story to flow naturally. It is a good part of family history for the author however, and historically it is well researched. ...more
Ron Paul, talks about his time as a medical student seeing an abortion being performed (in a time before Roe v. Wade). While there was also a prematurRon Paul, talks about his time as a medical student seeing an abortion being performed (in a time before Roe v. Wade). While there was also a premature baby who they did everything to save and he noticed the double standard. It was in large part this experience that made him realize that abortion was incompatible with liberty. In this short book he argues opposing abortion is part of being for liberty. This was written in the 80s, and some of his later books have apparently touched on some of the same issues....more
Loading...
