clarity to the M.A.G.A. mantra

White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America by Nancy Isenberg
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Well . . . this is one of the more disturbing books i've read in a while. It is disturbing because it is well documented U.S. history and i don't like what it says about us as a people and as a nation. The romantic image of our founders and their founding philosophy that we have come to believe in and aspire to is largely myth and political spin. This book details the role that class and privilege (and lack thereof) has affected and shaped all the people of the U.S. over the last 400 years. It also examines how class and privilege have been used to define policy and laws, and maintain control and power over those without. Be ready for a lot of eye-opening documented historical facts that lower the bar of who we as a nation are, and what motivates and drives us. This gives great clarity to the M.A.G.A. mantra being flung around by neo-cons in the 21st century. Knowing the facts behind the role class has played over our history as a colony and nation sheds frightening light on what "great again" really means to the privileged powers that be.

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great story telling and character development

Caliban's War by James S.A. Corey
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

OK, I'm sold on this series, and giving this book 5 stars. This installment 2 of the Expanse saga is again fast moving, engaging, and great story telling and character development. I will definitely be proceeding on in this series. I have not yet picked up the TV series based on it, but will this summer. I heartily recommend this series to all sci-fi and fantasy fans.

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