2001 Book list 1-13-02

 Unity10-8-01
I was wondering as I saw the WTC burning on September 11 how long it would take the forces of vicious right wing hatred to blame Bill Clinton for the attacks. The answer was roughly 24 hours

 Paralyzed9-26-01
I've been paralyzed by the events of the past week.

 Zero Sum 8-5-01
I've read a good number of great books lately, books that look at the world in a fuzzy coarse grained view. They are like squinting your eyes at Christmas tree lights to see if you can see broad patterns of colors rather than being dazzled by individual lights.

Corelli's Mandolin and The Trouble with Principle1-31-01
Two unrelated? book revews.

 Recently Read Books1-21-01
Recommendations on a few recently read.
 "Issue of the Week"12-12-00 I can't sleep because of this election.

 "Issue of the Week"12-1-99
As this is being written, all hell is breaking loose in Seattle over the World Trade Organization meeting.

 "The Lexus and the Olive Tree"-6-13-99
Thomas Friedman from the New York Times writes an important book on the emerging globalism. Read this book.

 "The SlaveTrade
by Hugh Thomas"
9-1-98
The history of the United States is written in Black and White. This book is the history of the European slave trade in the Americas.

 "A Lesson Before Dying" by Ernest Gaines 5-22-98
Rural Louisiana in the 1940's is the backdrop for this novel. A schoolteacher is taught lessons in courage and black manhood by a convicted killer. This is a must read.

 "Dakota" by Kathleen Norris 5-14-98
A review of a book about the spritual geography of Dakota by a New Yorker transplanted to Lemmon, S.D.
 The Inner Dialogue 7-4-97 Is your inner voice too loud? Quit listening.


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