Readers Preference Reviews

Similar to their previous publications "Abuse Your Illusions" by The Disinformation Company, Ltd. is a collection of articles from various sources. Each source is well documented as to their background and why their information and opinion should be seriously considered. Although it follows quickly on the heels of "You are Being Lied To", which we gave a high recommendation last year, this book far better. It contains much better written articles with a great deal more evidentiary matter presented for each article.

With each generation the children seem to have more money available to them than their parents. With this should come responsibility and learning how to spend or save wisely. The problem is that most just learn to spend as soon as they get it, get it by begging parents or an allowance with no responsibilities involved or similar. Enter Janet Bodnar, deputy-editor of Kiplinger's Personal Finance, mother of three, and writer of the Money Smart Kids column in Kiplinger Magazine.

Author: Daniel S. Acuff, PhD, Robert H. Reiher, PhD
Publisher: Dearborn Trade Publishing
30 South Wacker Drive, Suite 2500
Chicago, IL 60606-7481
Copyright: 2005
ISBN: 1419505033
Pages: 241 plus index

It would be hard to conceive of anyone who would argue that religion has not brought tremendous good to the world. Unfortunately, these same people can quite easily turn to one of the many incidents of our time where religion has also been used to harm others.

The first thing to note about this course is that it is not a lecture on the Bill of Rights from a Constitutional Law perspective. Instead it is focused on the civil liberties that form the basis for the Bill of Rights and the problems that are associated with those rights. For example, what do you do when two rights conflict? There is a freedom of religion and a freedom of speech but what happens when your religion encourages hate toward others? Or what about when it encourages the use of intoxicants to create a spiritual experience?

I'll start by saying that this is a really good book if you want to understand how people influence each other and how to use that information to your benefit. That being said, the beginning of the book can be an exercise in frustration. The authors mention several individuals and how they have influenced others to change whether as an individual or a whole community but they give no details of how it was done. It can leave you wondering if there is anything of practical value in the book.