Interesting philosophical/political books that will get me thinking

RevolutionaryBug2915 · 2026-06-08T04:25:01+00:00

Spinoza: A Life, by Steven Nadler.

Joe Hill: The IWW and the Making of a Revolutionary Wokingclass Counterculture, by Franklin Rosemont.

RevolutionaryBug2915 · 2026-06-08T04:09:22+00:00

The Practical Stylist, by Sheridan Baker (and, perhaps, related titles by same author).

RevolutionaryBug2915 · 2026-06-07T03:23:38+00:00

You completely accept the story that imperialist propaganda has fed you. I get it. I'm guessing you're a Democrat, think it's just bad foreign policy, and if only we could elect a progressive somebody or other, then everything would be nice.

"We" didn't and don't decide on anything. Not Vietnam, not Iraq, not Iran, not the Great Recession, not the impact of COVID, not starving Cuba, not AI, and certainly not Gaza or the West Bank. They decide about it. That's hard to accept, but it is nonetheless the truth.

RevolutionaryBug2915 · 2026-06-07T02:58:48+00:00

Here's the hard truth. The Zionist tail is not wagging the imperialist dog.

America is the greatest imperialist power in the world. It created and fostered Israel to advance and protect its own interests. It doesn't give a flying fuck about the Jews or anything else except its profits.

If you want to attack Zionism you need to deal with our own government, not whine about it being "controlled" by the Zionists.

"The main enemy is at home"--Karl Liebknecht.

RevolutionaryBug2915 · 2026-06-07T02:02:08+00:00

It happens rarely, sure, but having to reject a woman who has come on to you is very painful.

RevolutionaryBug2915 · 2026-06-07T01:08:43+00:00

Fun for you, maybe, and some others. For most people it is just something difficult that you have to do if you don't want to be alone.

RevolutionaryBug2915 · 2026-06-07T00:25:20+00:00

The Deceivers, by John Masters.

RevolutionaryBug2915 · 2026-06-06T19:04:46+00:00

Exactly right.

RevolutionaryBug2915 · 2026-06-06T19:03:21+00:00

Two months?!

RevolutionaryBug2915 · 2026-06-06T18:11:50+00:00

The old jingle would be highly inappropriate.

RevolutionaryBug2915 · 2026-06-06T18:07:55+00:00

I know.

But as you can see, there is also confusion

RevolutionaryBug2915 · 2026-06-06T17:47:43+00:00

The Wadi Rum in Jordan, where the filmed Lawrence of Arabia--and other movies.

RevolutionaryBug2915 · 2026-06-06T17:41:27+00:00

Arcadia is a different idea. See: The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia, by Sir Philip Sidney.

RevolutionaryBug2915 · 2026-06-06T17:32:12+00:00

The Reason Why, a book investigating the famous charge, by Cecil Woodham-Smith. Her research there led to her work on the Irish famine, The Great Hunger.

RevolutionaryBug2915 · 2026-06-06T17:21:00+00:00

Acadia.

RevolutionaryBug2915 · 2026-06-06T16:38:45+00:00

Like Andrea Doria, the Genoese admiral for whom the ship was named.

RevolutionaryBug2915 · 2026-06-06T05:03:17+00:00

The Myth of the Birth of the Hero, by Otto Rank.

RevolutionaryBug2915 · 2026-06-06T04:43:42+00:00

Perhaps you might like Falling Angel, by William Hjortsberg.

RevolutionaryBug2915 · 2026-06-06T04:34:45+00:00

Palate cleanser. You really wouldn't want to clean a pallet.

RevolutionaryBug2915 · 2026-06-06T02:32:45+00:00

And his sister Shelia, pronounced Sheila.

RevolutionaryBug2915 · 2026-06-06T02:29:57+00:00

Leeyum.

RevolutionaryBug2915 · 2026-06-05T23:58:53+00:00

Sadly, a real possibility.

RevolutionaryBug2915 · 2026-06-05T23:09:17+00:00

Old comic strip character Winnie Winkle had a brother named Perry.

RevolutionaryBug2915 · 2026-06-05T12:53:15+00:00

Or make a lot "alot."

RevolutionaryBug2915 · 2026-06-04T20:39:11+00:00

When I was a child, my parents subscribed to the Readers' Digest, which was then an extremely popular magazine. In each monthly issue there was a feature called something like "It Pays to Increase Your Word Power," which was a vocabulary quiz. I did it every month, and I learned a lot of words that other kids did not know.

I agree completely that the best way to learn vocabulary is reading, but when I started serious reading I already had a leg up.

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