Dave Barry is Not Making This Up – Dave Barry. Author is a humorist & specializes in absurdity. If you can read 2 pages without laughing, you are a confirmed curmudgeon.*****
Kennedy Babylon – Howie Carr. A very detailed look at ALL of the scandals & depravity of the entire Kennedy clan. They probably make the Clinton’s look innocent! **
Rise And Kill First – Ronen Bergman. The history of Israel’s targeted assassinations. A detailed, 600 page book about Mossad, IDF, and the politicians, plus military leaders. ****
Dave Barry’s History of The Millennium – Dave Barry. This book was written in 2007 & refers to many current events from the 50’s on & also politics of the time. *
Directorate S – Steve Coll. A detailed history of the Afghan war from 2001 –16. Mostly about the Pakistani ISI & their support of the Taliban while taking $$$$ from the U.S. ***
Still The Best Hope – Dennis Prager. A scholarly look at why the world needs American values. Prager is an intellectual conservative who compares American values in detail with the rest of the world.****
The Last Black Unicorn – Tiffany Haddish. The memoir of her life from rags to riches. Started in the worst section of L.A, father disappeared, mother mentally ill, now a fairly famous actor & comedian. **
Who We Are & How We Got Here – David Reich. Harvard professor of genetics scholarly history of the development of the ability to get information from DNA. They can tell the ancestry of people accurately going back 4-5 thousand years! They use geology information to tell where people lived and a LOT of other charismatics. A tough read, but interesting & very informative. ****
I Feel You – Cris Beam. This book wants to convince us that EXTREME empathy can solve a lot of problems. Author’s husband decided to become a woman, her daughter is transgender too, so she believes we should have EXTREME empathy for them. She also believes that criminal courts should have extreme empathy for most criminals, only using probation, not jail sentences. Sound logical???? *
The Ten Commandments – Dennis Prager. A serious look at exactly what the ten commandments say & mean in the original Hebrew version. *****
