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Wednesday, December 27, 2000

This slim tome can be read in one or two settings - if one can stand the poignant drama and the horror stories recounted in the pages of this book.

Keyword(s): Castro, Cuba, Cuban Revolution, politics


Thursday, December 14, 2000

One has to look at the vicissitudes of life in the great tragic figures of history, Cortes, Columbus, Napoleon, etc., to find precedents in the relatively obscure life of Charles Edward Stuart, "The Great Young Pretender," Bonnie Prince Charlie.

Keyword(s): history


Sunday, December 10, 2000

The reader could say that this compelling tome about the breathtaking events of the French Revolution during the Reign of Terror really comprises three books in one --- three human conflict stories carefully webbed into the sinister tapestry of the French Revolution, particularly during the Reign of Terror (June 1793 to July 1794).

Keyword(s): French Revolution


Tuesday, December 5, 2000

This book, in compelling narrative, makes is clear that the French Revolution actually began not with the clamor of the common people but with the blue-blooded aristocracy and the high clergy of the ancien régime who had been enamored with the writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau and the views of the enlightenment (i.e., convincingly demonstrated in the Assembly of Notables convened in February 1787).

Keyword(s): French Revolution


Monday, November 13, 2000

Senator-elect Hillary Rodham Clinton was correct when she said in Albany, New York, "I hope no one is ever in doubt again about whether their vote counts." Indeed, citizens should make their votes count, but they also have a responsibility to become informed and vigilant in exercising that civic duty.

Keyword(s): Electoral College, freedom, U.S. Constitution


Friday, November 10, 2000

As dramatic events unfold in Florida (i.e., tainted by mismarked ballots in Palm Beach County, miscounted votes, bureaucratic snafus, etc.) the Democrats are exploiting these "irregularities" to the core. Never mind that voter fraud by the Democrats has been widespread in South Florida for years, and Janet Reno has known about it.

Keyword(s): Electoral College, freedom, U.S. Constitution


Thursday, November 9, 2000

This would have been one amongst the books Maximilien Robespierre would have chosen as an acceptable biography of himself, according him his rightful place in history. It is disturbing that so many readers of this book expressing their views in Amazon.com praise this idealized biography, once again reinterpreting the career of this authoritarian despot, who systematically guillotined those who did not share his sterile, cold-as-steel view of the world.

Keyword(s): French Revolution


Wednesday, November 1, 2000

I recently read a book that should shock freedom-loving and civil-liberty-loving readers, even the libertarians, Objectivists, and Americans of other political persuasions who (thanks to Dr. Thomas Szasz) have come to be skeptical and even critical of psychiatry, particularly in the courtroom.

Keyword(s): Castro, Cuba, Cuban Revolution, politics


Friday, October 20, 2000

All ye faithful out there --- jubilate, celebrate! For this year, after Halloween, we get to cast our ballots into the wind. This year, after All Hallows' eve, there will be more at stake than candy, children, and trick or treat.

The last millennium had Albertus Magnus, (a.k.a. St. Albert "The Great") to show the Christian way. Do not despair. This new millennium we have St. Albert Gourd to pave the way. A deeply spiritual man, he will add to human insight, invoking rites of earth goddesses of Neolithic times.

Keyword(s): politics


Thursday, October 19, 2000

Although it is not yet mid-autumn (and we are already experiencing record low temperatures in certain areas of the country), presidential candidate Al Gore, you can be sure, will continue to preach about the perils of global warming, ozone depletion, and the burning of fossil fuels.

Keyword(s): Castro, Cuba, Cuban Revolution, environment