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America’s Best Idea review: Must-read Balmer, Maine to Espinoza
The separation of church and state is under real, measurable pressure in the United States—and Randall Balmer’s compact new book…
Separation of Church and Hate: Bold Facts, Compassionate Fix
If you’ve ever felt your faith—or your family chat—hijacked by cherry-picked verses and political talking points, Separation of Church and…
Swifterature Book – Powerful, Timely, Controversy-proof
If you’ve ever felt that “girls’ culture” is dismissed as trivial, Swifterature solves that problem by showing, with gusto and…
Framed Jim McCloskey – Powerful Cases, Proven Injustice
A justice system that can take your freedom—and sometimes your life—on the strength of a hunch, a coerced “confession,” or…
Braiding Sweetgrass Review: No Myths, Empowering, Essential
In a time when climate headlines toggle between dread and data, Braiding Sweetgrass solves a deceptively simple problem: it shows…
The Wager David Grann Summary – Brutal, Unflinching Truth
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann is more than a survival epic; it’s a…
ENTERTAINMENT
Pretty Woman 1990 Review: Fairy…
What makes a corporate raider and a Hollywood Boulevard sex worker the beating heart of a modern fairy tale? Pretty…
Love and Death (1975): The…
What do you call a comedy that quotes Dostoyevsky like a stand-up routine and turns pacifism into slapstick? For me,…
Conquering the Unconquerable: How Manjhi…
What does it mean to be truly unstoppable? Is it a quality reserved for mythic heroes and legendary figures, or…
