Category Archives: Book TV

Gil Troy: Moynihan’s Moment- Daniel P. Moynihan’s Fight Against Zionism is Racism

Source:The New Democrat I’ve never understood the New-Left’s hatred of Israel and perhaps the Jewish community in America in general. Socialists are supposed to be for the underdog and looking after their well-being and even using government to do that. … Continue reading

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James Patterson: Freedom is Not Enough: The Moynihan Report

Source:The New Democrat What I take from Freedom is Not Enough from the James Patterson book is that freedom is not free. Unless you have the skills to get yourself the job that earns you the income to live as … Continue reading

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BookTV: Lesley Stahl Interviewing Gil Troy- The Age of Clinton

Source:The New Democrat I guess I generally agree with Gil Troy about Bill Clinton, but perhaps I would put it differently. I don’t see Bill Clinton as either a Centrist, or a Conservative, or a Center-Right Republican. Someone who would be … Continue reading

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Juliane Mauer: Seymour Hersh: The Truth Behind JFK

Source:The New Democrat My like and respect for Jack Kennedy goes to his intelligence, his politics, his policies, what he wanted to do as President. I’m a Liberal Democrat because of JFK and when I learned about his politics and … Continue reading

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Noam Scheiber: ‘What My Book Got Wrong About Obama, Summers, Geithner, Recovery’

Source:Amazon– left-wing columnist Noam Scheiber’s 2012 book about President Barack H. Obama. Source:The New Democrat  “The widely acclaimed and newsbreaking account of President Obama’s campaign to rescue America from its recession: inside the meeting rooms, the inboxes, and the minds … Continue reading

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Danielle Allen: ‘Equality in the Declaration of Independence’

Source:Amazon– Danielle Allen’s book about the Declaration of Independence. “The following text is excerpted from Our Declaration: A Reading of the ­Declaration of Independence in Defense of Equality (Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2014) by Danielle Allen, UPS Foundation Professor in the … Continue reading

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GBH Forum Network: Kevin Phillips- ‘American Theocracy: Radical Religion, Oil, and Debt’

Source:GBH Forum Network– Kevin Phillips talking about his book American Theocracy. “Political commentator Kevin Phillips discusses his book, “American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century,” at Cambridge Forum. He argues … Continue reading

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The Book Archive: Chris Hedges- ‘American Fascists: The Radical Christian Right’

Source:The Book Archive– Chris Hedges, on the American Christian-Right. Source:FRS FreeState “American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America is a non-fiction book by American author Chris Hedges, published in January 2007. Hedges is a former seminary student … Continue reading

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