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Straight Dope: What I Learned from My First Thousand Nonfiction Reviews

Straight Dope: What I Learned from My First Thousand Nonfiction Reviews

What I learned from my first thousand nonfiction reviews

2019

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The Straight Dope

Why the law is an ass, or Christians are why we can’t have nice things

Long before his first book Allow Me To Retort came out, I was following Elie Mystal on Twitter. His focus is racism and corruption in the…

5d ago

Why the law is an ass, or Christians are why we can’t have nice things

5d ago

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The Straight Dope

Neuroscience shows MAGAts and ideologues have physically different brains than normal

It is rare, but occasionally, a book I review is truly shocking. That is the case with The Ideological Brain, by Dr. Leor Zmigrod, a top…

Mar 5

Neuroscience shows MAGAts and ideologues have physically different brains than normal

Mar 5

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The Straight Dope

Maybe why science has a bad nam

People love scamming other people, any which way they can. One method, which hurts far more than what happens to mere victims, is…

Mar 2

Maybe why science has a bad nam

Mar 2

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The Straight Dope

The missing chapter in the user manual of life

At pretty much every stage of my life, I have come to a point where I had to ask — why doesn’t someone tell you this? It is usually after…

Feb 22

The missing chapter in the user manual of life

Feb 22

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Clearing the air of universal bullshit

I finally found humor along with a pearl of wisdom in a humor book. For decades, I have agreed to review supposed humor books believing…

Feb 16

Clearing the air of universal bullshit

Feb 16

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Rivers 101 is long overdue

As long as there have been humans, rivers have suffered. Man’s lack of understanding of how rivers work has led to their abuse and…

Feb 9

Rivers 101 is long overdue

Feb 9

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The Straight Dope

The joke of professional licensing. As usual, the joke is on you.

Montreal’s McGill University has a world famous medical department. It was formed in 1831, offering a five year course. When the first…

Feb 2

The joke of professional licensing. As usual, the joke is on you.

Feb 2

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The Straight Dope

CO2 warming was predicted in 1856 by an American woman/scientist

-I’m reading a book called A Billion Butterflies, by Dr. Jagadish Shukla, which I will review here in April, but there is a passage…

Jan 30

CO2 warming was predicted in 1856 by an American woman/scientist

Jan 30

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A world where privacy=oblivion

There are so many reasons I did not like The Road To Oblivion, I am almost afraid to write a review of it at all. Lowry Pressly actually…

Jan 26

A world where privacy=oblivion

Jan 26

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Neofeudalism summarized and expanded, as capitalism fades under pressure and from old age

I’ve reviewed a number of books on neofeudalism here, but I keep reading more of them, looking for some sort of perspective the others…

Jan 18

Neofeudalism summarized and expanded, as capitalism fades under pressure and from old age

Jan 18

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Author, The Straight Dope, or What I learned from my first thousand nonfiction reviews. 16 Essays. Free with Prime www.thestraightdope.net

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