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Palin’s Memoir “Going Rogue” Released Nov 17
by Tammy on September 28, 2009UPDATE: Here’s the link to Amazon. That’s right. Palin finishes memoir, ‘Going Rogue,’ out Nov. 17 Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate, has finished her memoir just four months after the book deal was announced, and the release date has been moved up from the spring to Nov. 17, her publisher said. “Governor Palin has been unbelievably conscientious and hands-on at every stage, investing herself deeply and passionately in this project,” said Jonathan Burnham, publisher of Harper. “It’s her words, her life, and it’s all there in full and fascinating detail.” Palin’s book, her first, will be 400 pages, said Burnham, who called the fall “the best possible time for a major book of this kind.”...
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Requiem for the Twentieth Century
by Maynard on August 17, 2009A post by Maynard This debate over government medical care reminded me of a small incident in Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged”; an anecdote involving a man who loved phonograph records. This is one of the tales of the (fictional) Twentieth Century Motor Company‘s demise, as related by an ex-employee. I’m posting an excerpt from that segment of the book. By the way, I think the world of Rand’s novels, and give them my highest recommendation…BUT I’m not presenting Rand as a saint, nor do I advocate her model as a realistic blueprint for utopia. I see the greatest strength of her work in the portrayal of the dehumanizing effect of leftist policies. Her writing clarifies how and why we are...
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Atlas Shrugged: Life Imitates Art
by Maynard on January 12, 2009A post by Maynard Tammy isn't the only one to note that today's events are a disturbingly reminiscent of Ayn Rand's masterwork, Atlas Shrugged. Here's a WSJ op-ed on the same point: 'Atlas Shrugged': From Fiction to Fact in...
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Economics for Dummies
by Maynard on November 14, 2008A post by Maynard Irwin Schiff's hypothetical Fish Bank How many of you know what a bank actually does? Sure, you visit one to deposit or borrow money, but what is money? Where does it come from? Does money have...
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Illegitimi Non Carborundum
by Maynard on November 6, 2008A post by Maynard People sometimes ask me, "Maynard, how do you maintain your sanity in these trying times?" I give credit where credit is due. I couldn't do it alone; I get by with a little help from my...
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Jerome Corsi Detained In Kenya
by Pat_S on October 7, 2008A post by Pat I don’t think this is what Mr. Corsi had in mind when he traveled to Kenya to promote his book "The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality". Kenya is in the grip of...
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Meghan McCain on Tammy Radio at 10:00am PT
by Tammy on October 6, 2008We'll talk about her book and what it's like on the bus :) Meghan is also the prolific blogger about life on the book and campaign trail at McCain Bloggette....
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The Book of Bunny Suicides
by Pat_S on September 17, 2008A post by Pat The Chinese version of The Book of Bunny Suicides was pulled from shelves after a spate of attempted suicides by teenagers. A 12-year leaped to his death from the sixth floor apartment where he lived and...
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The Entire History of Mankind on a Single Page!
by Tammy on July 21, 2008Maynard points to an interesting reference Wow! I was visiting my local library, trying to ignore the librarians' loud discussion about how it would be necessary to assassinate both Bush and Cheney at the same time in order to preserve...
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Book for the Summer: “Touching History”
by Maynard on July 18, 2008I just spoke with Debra Burlingame on the Laura Show and in addition to discussing her column noted in the previous post, she recommended a book for all of us, "Touching History: The Untold Story of the Drama That...
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Arthur Koestler
by Tammy on February 29, 2008A post by Maynard Arthur Koestler has lately caught my eye. He is best known for his anti-totalitarian novel, "Darkness at Noon", which you may have read in high school. Koestler's personal odyssey broadly echoes Tammy's: Struggling with emotional issues...
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Hollywood Station
by Tammy on January 21, 2008Maynard's book-of-the-day Do you need a brief respite from national cacophony of political talking points? Hollywood Station, the latest book by Los Angeles policeman-turned-novelist Joseph Wambaugh, is excellent escapist fare. It's a hugely entertaining page-turner that's also highly relevant...
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Atlas Shrugged: A Movie??
by Tammy on October 17, 2007A post by Maynard Are all you boys and girls familiar with Ayn Rand? She's best known for her amazing novels, first The Fountainhead and then Atlas Shrugged. I read them during my formative years, and they put subversive...
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Reading Suggestions for Larry Craig and Bob Allen
by Maynard on August 29, 2007One thing I know--women's public bathrooms don't seem to be the secret sex pleasure domes that men's bathrooms are. So, to help certain men control themselves, I thought some reading suggestions were in order which might help them along into...
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A Book I Will Not Be Reading This Summer
by Maynard on July 25, 2007The University of Iowa Press thought it would be a really good idea to publish the "poetry" of the terrorist barbarians being held at Gitmo. Perhaps next summer they'll release a coffee table book of Hitler's "art," combined with...
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