QUICK TAKE: A Contract With the Earth by Newt Gingrich [LibraryThing / WorldCat] is a book-length proposal for a new environmental policy. It wasn’t as science-oriented as Bjorn Lomborg’s Cool It [LibraryThing / WorldCat], nor as hyperbolic as Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth [LibraryThing / WorldCat]. It fell somewhere in between while trying to advocate [...]
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A Contract With the Earth (Newt Gingrich)
Posted in government, tagged environment, government, policy on February 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Book of Fate (Brad Meltzer)
Posted in fiction, tagged fiction, government, presidency, suspense on January 1, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Maybe a half dozen novels make their way into my stack each year. While I’m mostly NF, I still enjoy a good story now and then. It’s good to explore an imaginary world for a while, compare it to the real one, or just get caught up in the tale. I hope you, dear reader, [...]
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