Missive #148 Published 27 October 2023
6. BORROWING NASRUDDIN’S DONKEY …
This is a very good book. I think it may be even better than The Fourth Turning published in 1997 which I read not long after it was published. The author is optimistic but he does provide an outline of what we may face if his optimism is misplaced. Recommended!
Missive #146 Published 23 October 2023
This is a good book for what I label as current history. The story line is a little disjointed with quick transitions from one country to another but not a serious fault. The author had a media basis imposed by the main stream newspapers that he worked for during the period of the story but he has held it in check rather well for this book.
Missive #145 Published 22 October 2023
Continuing The Federalist Papers.
Federalist No. 6
Concerning Dangers from Dissensions Between the States
Author: Alexander Hamilton
To the People of the State of New York:
Missive #144 Published 20 October 2023
5. NASRUDDIN, HIS SON, AND THE DONKEY
Nasruddin was going to town with his son. Nasruddin walked while his son rode their donkey.
Someone saw them and scoffed. “Lazy boy! Why must your father walk?”
So the son got off, and Nasruddin got on.
Farther down the road, someone else saw them and said, “Cruel father, making your son walk!”
So they both rode the donkey.
Missive #143 Published 18 October 2023
This is a good start to another trilogy. The author seemed to like to write a series of books which I like plus they are alternate history which I also like. The author also seems to like to have strong, active female characters playing the lead in his books which may have captured some female readers which alternate history is usually not their genre.
Missive #142 Published 15 October 2023
Continuing The Anti-Federalist Papers
Agrippa V
by James Winthrop
To the People
Missive #141 Published 13 October 2023
4. WHY NASRUDDIN RIDES BACKWARDS
Nasruddin was riding his donkey to the school while his pupils walked behind him. Nasruddin sat backwards, facing the children.
“You look funny riding backwards!” they said.
Missive #140 Published 11 October 2023
Conservative historian Hanson, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, faults what he sees as a diminished respect for American citizenship. What does it mean to be a “citizen”? In a deeply contextualized call to arms, Hanson moves from the ancient Greeks and Romans through the Federalists and Enlightenment philosophers to show how answers to the question have evolved and why he believes cherished ideals about American citizenship are under assault by progressives. As he sees it, “citizens must be economically autonomous.” Unless a sturdy middle class can achieve “material security,” a society divides into “masters and peasants.”
Missive #139 Published 9 October 2023
This is a very good book by Dos Passos, much better than most of his early books in my opinion. It is also the fifth book in the Mainstream of America Series which I now plan on reading. History written by writers rather than academics.
Missive #138 Published 8 October 2023
Continuing The Federalist Papers.
Federalist No. 5
The Same Subject Continued: Concerning Dangers From Foreign Force and Influence
For the Independent Journal.
Author: John Jay
To the People of the State of New York: