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Book Review: The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia by James C. Scott
Hints at an alternative world history in which the nation state is something many people fled over millennia, not a "civilising" influence.
Read More »Book Review: River Of Smoke by Amitav Ghosh
A wonderful mixture of people. places, and story capturing a moment in history.
Read More »Book Review: A View from a Height by J.E. Murphy
A spiritual awakening you can't miss. A journey through life that is incredible.
Read More »Movie Review: Mao’s Last Dancer
Chinese Principal Dancer finds fulfillment in the West
Read More »What About the Cost of Nuclear Weapons?
Fewer billions spent on nuclear weapons are more billions put toward other sectors of our society.
Read More »Book Review: Late Victorian Holocausts: El Nino Famines and the Making of the Third World by Mike Davis
Much of this history has sharp, frightening relevance today.
Read More »China’s Skyscraper Boom a Sign of Future
The decline in tall building construction in America parallels the economic decline of the nation.
Read More »Book Review: The Shadow Market: How a Group of Wealthy Nations and Powerful Investors Secretly Dominate the World by Eric J. Weiner
Weiner's readable account of tectonic shifts in global economic power is a must-read for anyone wondering why America's economic might is eroding.
Read More »Christopher Columbus: Maybe He Didn’t Discover America, But He Created a New World
Columbus started something: Something big; something really big.
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