Category Archives: Politics

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Last Chance for Justice – Eugene E. Siegel

Posted on August 22, 2020 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our moneyed corporations which dare already to challenge our government in a trial of strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country.” – … Continue reading →

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Truth Has a Power of Its Own: Conversations About A People’s History – Howard Zinn, Ray Suarez

Posted on February 16, 2020 by J D Jung

(reviewed by JD Jung) “I think we should be de-emphasizing the attention paid in traditional history to great military heroes, to presidents, to Supreme Court justices, to members of Congress, because our history generally has been history pulled from top … Continue reading →

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Impeaching the President: Past, Present, and Future – Alan Hirsch

Posted on February 6, 2020 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) I just finished reading Impeaching the President: Past, Present, and Future right as Trump was being unjustly though predictably acquitted of both impeachable offenses. Political science professor Alan Hirsch takes an in-depth look at the impeachments … Continue reading →

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United States of Distraction: Media Manipulation in Post-Truth America (And What We Can Do About It) – Mickey Huff & Nolan Higdon, Foreword by Ralph Nader

Posted on September 24, 2019 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “…commercial media are in the business of marketing the immediate and sensational and have no mandate to serve the public interest.” In fact, the media profited from Trump’s celebrity and candidacy, and continues to do so … Continue reading →

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My Neighbour Osama Bin Laden – Yslar Tatuky

Posted on August 31, 2019 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned What happens when one puts Osama bin Laden and Salman Rushdie at the same dinner table? Yslar Tatuky is such a person as he has grand, though idealistic, hopes for humanity in his novel, My … Continue reading →

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Mr. Siegel Writes to Washington – Rich Siegel

Posted on August 28, 2019 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Don Jung) Mr. Siegel sends a weekly letter to various Republican politicians on what they are doing wrong. This collection of letters to each Republican senator (including multiple ones to speaker McConnell) is filled with a satirical look … Continue reading →

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MAD About the Trump Era – Various (Author, Illustrator)

Posted on May 9, 2019 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) Are you looking for the perfect Mother’s Day gift for the mom who doesn’t think she’ll be able to stand one more day with this corrupt, narcissistic president? Is she depressed that her worst fears have … Continue reading →

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The Clinton emails, again?

Posted on March 16, 2019 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) Just when you thought that U.S. politics couldn’t get any crazier, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) blocked a vote in the Senate in favor of a resolution that would demand the public release of the Mueller report. … Continue reading →

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A Rebel in Gaza: Behind the Lines of the Arab Spring, One Woman’s Story – Asmaa al-Ghoul (Author), Selim Nassib (Author), Mike Mitchell (Translator)

Posted on October 26, 2018 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “I think the real occupying forces are the internal ones, Hamas, Fatah, the parties…then comes the major occupation: Israel. We can’t get rid of the latter without first of all getting rid of the former. To … Continue reading →

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A Divided Life: A Personal Portrait of the Spy Donald Maclean – Robert Cecil

Posted on October 19, 2018 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Ila Bullinger) Who was Donald Mclean? The son of a parliament member born to class in Marylebone, London in 1913. He was privileged, educated, handsome and charismatic. So why did he become a spy? Could you be persuaded … Continue reading →

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